Jenny Ware (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Will the minister rule out financial payments being made by the Commonwealth as part of a treaty or makarrata process?

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You could just say no!

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Member for Hume, I remind you about my policy on not interjecting before ministers speak.

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

I thank the member for her question. She asked about one element of the Uluru statement, and I am very happy to respond to that. This government is absolutely focused on the referendum at the end of this year.

I am asked a question, as I said, that relates to the element of the Uluru statement that goes to agreement-making. There is much of that going on around the country. Treaty is being progressed in Queensland with bipartisan support. A treaty is being progressed in Victoria with bipartisan support. Peter Walsh, the leader of the Victorian Nationals, said:

The Liberals and Nationals are committed to advancing the Treaty process in Victoria …

And in Tasmania a Liberal government has established a pathway to truth-telling and treaty with bipartisan support. Jeremy Rockliff, the Liberal Premier of Tasmania, said:

We are committed to progressing truth-telling and treaty in true partnership with the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.

Our priority is constitutional recognition through a voice, a voice that will help drive better results for Indigenous people. That is what the Australian people will vote for later this year.