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

Thank you, Senator Thorpe, for the question. This is an issue that does affect, deeply, the people of the Northern Territory—particularly those who represent First Nations families across the Northern Territory. Those would be the bush members, largely, that Senator Thorpe is referring to, and I know this is really difficult. My job, though, is to make sure that, in terms of justice, the issues that are raised around incarceration and deaths in custody are a focus right across every state and territory jurisdiction. My role is to work with both the Northern Territory and all of the other states and territories on the concerns we have at the Commonwealth level about those high rates of incarceration.