Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

On the one hand they feign interest in closing the gap and the targets for First Nations people in this country.

Opposition senators interjecting—

It is very true that you feign interest in this. On the one hand you do that, and then you wonder why we ask for further scrutiny across the Senate estimates for every single one of you. Every single one of you can turn up and ask those questions. In fact, I'm going to monitor how many of you actually turn up and ask questions.

In fact, I'll go even further; I'm going to go back and find out how many of you actually asked questions, Senator Cash, on closing the gap.