Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

The forum will showcase firsthand how digital technologies are being used to revive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Digital technologies do hold the potential for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to record, revive, maintain, celebrate and share languages today and with future generations. The forum is also intended to encourage partnerships between Indigenous communities, government and technology industry leaders to explore the potential of innovation and digital technology. These investments are helping to open up rewarding career pathways for Indigenous language workers and Indigenous linguists. The government recognises the central role that language plays in culture, and is committed to ensuring that the new possibilities offered by digital technologies can be harnessed to revive, maintain and celebrate Indigenous languages. I should obviously also acknowledge Senator Scullion's deep commitment in this area.