Senate debates
Tuesday, 30 November 2021
Bills
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Amendment (Economic Empowerment) Bill 2021; In Committee
6:53 pm
Zed 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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