Senate debates Questions without Notice

Indigenous Australians


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs

2:28 pm

Sorry? No, what I was going to say is I think different senators, including in our party, would have used different words, but what I would say to you is I think the history of First Nations people in this country is a history that involves not only hardship but also brutality and death and murders and dispossession. And I am very aware of that. I appreciate the point you're making, but I don't want the definitional argument to suggest in any way that my view or the government's views detract from that.

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