Bill Heffernan (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

No, I do not wish to withdraw, because I have been accused of not acting in the best interests of Indigenous people. I have been up there and I know what this is all about. This is an outrage. I have been up there and seen the child abuse that occurs.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Senator Heffernan, you are continuing to debate at this stage.

There are 7,500 Indigenous kids in the Northern Territory who still do not have a high school to go to, for God's sake.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: I take it that you are refusing to withdraw?

No-one should pretend that I am not on the side of the Indigenous.