Senate debates

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Bills

Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; In Committee

6:53 pm

Photo of Zed SeseljaZed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support amendment sheet 1454. Requiring the corporation to advise the minister on beneficial payments will entrench the current system of government approval of beneficial payments from the ABA corporations, moving decisions about Aboriginal money out of Canberra and into the Northern Territory from government into Aboriginal hands.

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