Senate debates Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment Bill 2006

In Committee


Rod Kemp

Rod Kemp Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for the Arts and Sport

10:24 am

Yes, I do tend to use arguments that suit me—I confess—and I guess it will continue. I made the point that we have been over these matters before. I am not sure that Senator Evans shed any new light on the Labor Party position. It is not a position that the government accepts. These were not rights; they were claims. Grants were not made; a recommendation was made. So there is, I think, a misunderstanding of the language. The government, for the reasons that have been given throughout this debate, will not be supporting the amendments.

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