Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Today I welcome news that the NRL formally supports an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, and I'm glad to see that we've got some Dogs people up in the gallery. How are you? That's my team.

First Nations communities have deep bonds with rugby league and are part of the game's fabric at all levels. From Joel Thompson to Nicho Hynes, from Johnathan Thurston to the great Latrell Mitchell—

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