Senate debates

Monday, 31 July 2023

Questions without Notice

Makarrata Commission

3:08 pm

Photo of Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) | Hansard source

The Makarrata Commission will fund and support local models of truth-telling in partnership with First Nations communities, community and church groups and other levels of government. The commission will create an official record of the stories being told and heard, including stories of survival and culture, colonisation, massacres, discrimination and resistance. The commission will also work closely with the First Nations Voice when it is established. I think that is well understood. I'm not sure what the concern that's been raised over here is about, because people have understood that the Makarrata Commission is an important part—

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