Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Camp Sovereignty is a peaceful, sacred, spiritual place that brings people together for healing. It is our place of worship. We've seen the attacks by the racist Neo-Nazi groups—the hate crime that they committed—and we see a federal government who say they are our friends but have done nothing about these hate crimes. Yet, when a mosque or a synagogue is attacked, those affected are straight on to the Prime Minister, who writes a media release, which we have not seen in this case, and the government do something about it at the federal level.

Now, while we see some arrests of these racist Nazis, that is just a small drop in the ocean of many more racist Nazis roaming around, committing violence against anyone who is not white in this country. So the federal government need to get off their hands and stop treating us like we are less than. That's what we are seeing right now. It doesn't matter how many black MPs we've got in the federal parliament. It makes to difference. They are complicit here, and you would think that they would stand up for our people and make this a hate crime so it can be taken seriously, and a clear message can be sent to everybody in this country that black lives matter in this place, black lives matter in this country, black lives matter at Camp Sovereignty and black lives matter every single day. Why are we not seeing any federal action—meaningful action—to call these racist Nazis to account? Do your job.