Senate debates

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Questions without Notice

Australian Constitution

2:32 pm

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

I think that's a very similar question—and subject matter—to what Senator Liddle asked. I make the point, which I did in relation to that question, that we don't need another royal commission to tell us that concrete action is needed if all of us support and want to focus on the immediate issue of keeping women and children safe. I again go back to the point you made about why we don't do what Senator Nampijinpa Price demands. It's because the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is broader than a single member of this parliament. That is what Senator McCarthy would say, and that is Senator Stewart would say—that what we want to do—

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