Senate debates

Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Questions without Notice

Ayers Rock Resort

2:54 pm

Photo of Nigel ScullionNigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

There are plenty of things that not only every Australian can do but corporate Australia can do. This is a resort that sits at the spiritual centre of our nation. It is owned by the First Australians and it fundamentally employs our First Australians. It has the most unbelievable facilities in terms of the level of corporate amenity for those sorts of occasions where people want to hold all sorts of corporate events. After two years, it is almost unrecognisable. It has had a complete facelift. It is an absolutely amazing event.

The people I spoke to from corporate Australia who were there were simply saying, 'I don't know why other people don't come here to hold their corporate events in Central Australia, principally because I get to meet Aboriginal Australians from the centre, I get to talk to them about their stories, and I have this most wonderful time at the absolute centre of spiritual Australia.' (Time expired)

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