Senate debates

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Questions without Notice

Cultural Heritage Protection

2:04 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

What I can say is this: the government is not proposing any Commonwealth takeover of state laws. We will not be adopting or duplicating existing state and territory regimes. If the senator would like to recall, this is all about ensuring that a tragedy like Juukan Gorge does not happen again—something that both parties of government, I thought, supported. (Time expired)

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