Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source

I have a great deal of sympathy for the sorts of principles you're describing. But I also know that change is hard, change requires us to bring people with us and change requires, ultimately, the support of not just the majority of the parliament but the majority of the Australian community. We have a way to go on some of the issues you've raised. I hope there will come a day when we look back and say, 'We did well to keep walking down the path of reconciliation together after the referendum.' Certainly we do need and want to move forward on many of the issues, such as makarrata and treaty, in the way you describe. There's a lot of work that's being done on treaty processes— (Time expired)