Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

I will now deal with the Crown References Amendment Bill 2023. I will first deal with the second reading amendment circulated by the opposition. The question is that the opposition amendment on sheet 2344 be agreed to.

Opposition's circulated amendment—

Omit all words after "That", substitute "further consideration of the bill be deferred until the first sitting day after the Government tables a letter in the Senate stating that:

(a) the Government has consulted with the King or the Governor-General, on behalf of the King, on the legislative amendments proposed in the bill; and

(b) the King or the Governor-General, on behalf of the King, supports the legislative amendments in the bill".

Question negatived.

I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by the Australian Greens. The question is that the Australian Greens amendment on sheet 2261 be agreed to.

Australian Greens' circulated amendment—

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) calls on the Government to:

(i) stop celebrating the monarchs of an empire built on stolen lives, land and wealth of colonised peoples,

(ii) cut ties with the British monarchy and make Australia a republic, and

(iii) establish truth telling and treaties with First Nations people; and

(b) acknowledges the need for reparations and justice for peoples harmed by colonisation".

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by Senator Thorpe. The question is that Senator Thorpe's amendment on sheet 2428 be agreed to.

Senator Thorpe's circulated amendment—

Omit all words after "That", substitute:

(a) the Senate recognises that:

(i) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have never ceded Sovereignty, and therefore are the true Sovereigns over these lands, waters and skies,

(ii) the Sovereignty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples means an unceded right held in collective possession by the members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations which confers usage, access and custodianship to the lands, waters, minerals and natural resources of what is now known as Australia, and the right of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to exercise an unimpeded and collective self-determinate governance over their political, economic and social affairs,

(iii) horrific events and a legacy of genocide, dispossession and enslavement of First Peoples have occurred since colonisation in the name of the British Crown,

(iv) in order to move forward from this horrific past, we must establish a National Truth and Justice Commission to tell the true history of what has happened on these lands since British invasion,

(v) while First Peoples seek justice for the genocide and crimes against humanity that they have been, and continue to be, subjected to, reparatory justice must involve holding to account the British Crown for the atrocity crimes committed in its name, and

(vi) the government of so-called Australia must commit to Treaty negotiations with all Sovereign First Nations as a matter of urgency; and

(b) further consideration of the bill be deferred until the first sitting day after the Government tables a letter in the Senate from the King or the Governor-General, on behalf of the King, outlining the King's commitments to immediately:

(i) start a process for administering reparations for the oppression of First Peoples, including the plundering of resources, denigration of culture and to redistribute the wealth that underpins the Crown back to the peoples from whom it was stolen,

(ii) repatriate all remains of collective First Peoples that reside in UK museums and institutions and that represent their family histories, genealogies, cultural history and spiritual ancestry,

(iii) return all cultural treasures and artefacts stolen from First Peoples throughout the hundreds of years of genocide, enslavement, discrimination, massacre and racial discrimination by the authorities empowered by the protection of the British Crown,

(iv) acknowledge and adopt, on behalf of the Royal Family, the renunciation of the 'Doctrine of Discovery' made by Pope Francis in April 2023 and to start the process of consultation and reparations for the First Peoples who suffered the consequences of genocide in fulfilment of that doctrine in the name of God, and

(v) start the conversation on slavery's enduring impact.

Question negatived.

The question is that the bill be now read a second time.

Question agreed to.

Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I ask that the opposition's position opposing the second reading be recorded.

Bill read a second time.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

I will deal with the Committee of the Whole amendments circulated by Senator Thorpe. The question is that Senator Thorpe's amendments on sheet 2453 be agreed to.

Senator Thorpe's circulated amendments—

(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 7 to 8), omit "Sovereign" (wherever occurring), substitute "occupying colonial force".

(2) Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (line 13), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(3) Schedule 1, item 3, page 3 (line 18), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(4) Schedule 1, item 4, page 3 (line 21), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(5) Schedule 1, item 5, page 3 (line 25), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(6) Schedule 1, item 8, page 4 (line 10), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(7) Schedule 1, item 9, page 4 (line 14), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(8) Schedule 1, item 10, page 4 (line 20), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(9) Schedule 1, item 11, page 4 (line 23), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(10) Schedule 1, item 12, page 4 (line 25), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(11) Schedule 1, item 14, page 5 (line 9), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(12) Schedule 1, item 15, page 5 (line 16), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(13) Schedule 1, item 16, page 5 (line 19), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(14) Schedule 1, item 17, page 5 (line 21), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(15) Schedule 1, item 18, page 5 (line 24), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(16) Schedule 1, item 19, page 5 (line 26), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(17) Schedule 1, item 20, page 6 (line 2), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(18) Schedule 1, item 21, page 6 (line 7), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(19) Schedule 1, item 22, page 6 (line 13), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(20) Schedule 1, item 23, page 6 (line 17), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(21) Schedule 1, item 24, page 6 (line 22), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(22) Schedule 1, item 25, page 7 (line 3), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(23) Schedule 1, item 26, page 7 (line 7), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(24) Schedule 1, item 27, page 7 (line 13), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(25) Schedule 1, item 28, page 7 (line 16), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(26) Schedule 1, item 29, page 7 (line 20), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(27) Schedule 1, item 30, page 7 (line 23), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(28) Schedule 1, item 32, page 8 (line 3), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(29) Schedule 1, item 33, page 8 (line 6), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(30) Schedule 1, item 34, page 8 (line 11), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(31) Schedule 1, item 35, page 8 (line 18), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(32) Schedule 1, item 37, page 8 (line 26), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(33) Schedule 1, item 38, page 9 (line 3), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(34) Schedule 1, item 39, page 9 (line 5), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(35) Schedule 1, item 40, page 9 (line 8), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(36) Schedule 1, item 41, page 9 (line 10), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(37) Schedule 1, item 42, page 9 (line 12), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(38) Schedule 1, item 43, page 9 (line 15), omit "Sovereign's", substitute "occupying colonial force's".

(39) Schedule 1, item 44, page 9 (line 18), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(40) Schedule 1, item 45, page 9 (line 20), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

(41) Schedule 1, item 46, page 10 (line 5), omit "Sovereign", substitute "occupying colonial force".

Question negatived.