Senate debates

Monday, 7 August 2023

Questions without Notice

First Nations Australians

2:17 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

In February 2021, the Prime Minister told the parliament:

A makarrata commission as outlined in the Uluru statement would oversee a national process of truth-telling, agreement and treaty.

But, in answer to a direct question in the parliament last week, the Prime Minister refused to use the word 'treaty' at all. Again, does the Albanese government support the Commonwealth engaging in treaty-making with Indigenous people at a national level?

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