Senate debates Native Title Amendment Bill 2009

In Committee


Rachel Siewert

Rachel Siewert WA, Australian Greens

6:07 pm

I have a number of points I wish to make. I find it interesting that Senator Brandis thinks that he knows more about the native title system and its application than Chief Justice French who, as I said, was the president of the tribunal for four years. Beyond that, native title is not delivering for Aboriginal Australians, so we need to change the system. The cards are stacked against them and it is all very well to say, ‘They’re the ones that’—

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