Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Canavan, Scarr, McGrath, O'Sullivan, Dean Smith and Stoker, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that, on 17 August 1971, Neville Thomas Bonner was sworn in as a senator for Queensland, in doing so becoming the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament; and

(b) recognises:

  (i) the significance of this moment, and commemorates the legacy of his parliamentary contribution, and

  (ii) that his accomplishments for the people of Queensland were a product of his industry, intellect and concern for his constituents.

Question agreed to.