Senate debates

Monday, 15 February 2021

Ministerial Statements

Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples: 13th Anniversary

4:11 pm

Photo of Pauline HansonPauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

because, without victims, the senator and her Greens, truth-denying colleagues would have no relevance in this place.

But I believe with all my heart that we can help create champions out of our Indigenous children—champions who go on to become contributing members of their communities and the broader working Australian society; champions who are proud to be Australian; champions who also insist on improving the health, education and prospects of future generations; champions who do not see themselves as victims. But most politicians in this place will only ever run decoy to the real issues plaguing modern First Nations Australians.

We must remain colourblind to ensure the safety and upbringing of all our children, no matter their skin colour or culture. We must show courage and determination to provide the opportunities and pathways that will protect and empower all young Australians. We must call out the cowardice and the manipulation of the truth-denying elites who seek to keep any group of Australians trapped in permanent victimhood. We should behave like the advanced First World nation we are.

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