Patrick Dodson (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator McCarthy, move:

That the Senate—

(a) acknowledges that the NAIDOC Week is being held nationally from 8 to 15 November 2020, after being moved from July due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and will celebrate the resilience and creativity of First Nations culture by hosting many events online;

(b) recognises the theme 'Always Was, Always Will Be' acknowledges that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this country for more than 65,000 years and that sovereignty was never ceded; and

(c) marks NAIDOC Week by affirming its commitment to the aspirations of First Nations people as expressed in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and commits to the new way of doing business in partnership with First Nations people and organisations, acknowledging the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.