Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Recognition is exactly what it says. It's recognising that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the First Peoples of Australia. Senator Cash, I assume you must be quite comfortable with this, given that the opposition's declared position is to support recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as our First Peoples. So I guess the opposition must have already worked this out for themselves.