Mal Brough (Longman, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

There is an interjection from the other side that the High Court has dealt with this issue. I am referring to a 14-year-old girl who was raped for two days. The offender received a one-month sentence in the Northern Territory. When the sentence was appealed, the perpetrator of that crime received three years, suspended after 18 months. I do not believe that any Aboriginal Australian or any other Australian would believe that is an acceptable penalty for that crime.

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