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Wednesday, 21 June 2023

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Sovereignty of First Peoples; Order for the Production of Documents

3:36 pm

Photo of Lidia ThorpeLidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 260 standing in my name by omitting paragraph (d).

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Australians, by no later than midday on 24 July 2023:

(a) all correspondence between the offices of any of the following: the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Attorney-General, Referendum Working Group, Expert Working Group, National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) and Attorney-General's Department; regarding the impact of the proposed constitutional change on the Sovereignty of First Peoples;

(b) all correspondence between the offices of any of the following: the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Attorney-General, First Nations Referendum Working Group, Expert Working Group, NIAA and Attorney-General's Department; regarding the Sovereignty of First Peoples, including how Sovereignty of First Peoples is defined and understood;

(c) all briefing materials prepared for the Expert Working Group and Referendum Working Group by the NIAA and/or the Attorney-General's Department in relation to the sovereignty of First Peoples, including how it is defined and how it might be impacted by the proposed change to the Constitution; and

Question agreed to.

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