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

Again, these are just quotations. We have quoted somebody who is an eminent Australian. We can find plenty of them, and they have indicated that they have found a challenge with a particular word. I am not going to get dragged into this. This whole conversation is primarily about Aboriginal Western Australians who live in a whole range of communities that are provided services by the Western Australian government. The best thing we in this place can all do is ensure that we answer the single call from those Australians, and that is: 'If you are talking about the fundamentals of our future, please engage us in that conversation.' That message is specifically for the Western Australian government, as it should be. So, to avoid distractions, the message from them is to stop talking about the distractions and start allowing them to be involved in this conversation rather than those people we can select out of the media. (Time expired)