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

Well, the negotiations with the states. That's actually who we're negotiating with in this. You should try to keep up, Senator. I've just finished meeting with the housing minister, Minister McCarthy, from the Northern Territory, literally an hour or so ago, and the negotiating base is that we want to see what the Northern Territory government are going to put up, and they've put up some substantive funds and we're matching those funds. I indicated yesterday that the fundamental difference in the negotiation is that we want Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people standing there. We want Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people actually being a part of this deal, and I want them to be ensuring that—