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

My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. In the Northern Territory, data shows only 17.5 per cent of First Nations children being removed are placed with an Aboriginal family under the Aboriginal child placement principle. Despite this, the Northern Territory government today introduced legislation to further weaken that principle. The national and Northern Territory Indigenous children's commissioners have said these laws should be paused until an inquiry into the system is complete. Do you agree with the commissioners that this legislation should be stopped?