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

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Jane Lloyd, from the NPY Women’s Council, also referred to the threats from the paedophile. But it is interesting that the member for Lingiari should get up and speak on this and take a point of order, because in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Mr Skelton on 5 August on this whole issue of Mutitjulu he refers to ‘the culture of cover-up’. This is what the paper had to say:

A prominent figure in Labor’s Alice Springs branch says: “The ALP has always depended on the land councils to turn out the indigenous vote. With more and more blackfellas voting it’s better to be seen to be defending indigenous communities than attacking them. Warren is just doing what he has always done.”

Members of this House congratulate Mr Andrews for having the guts to stand up and lift the scab off this appalling situation and to try to rectify the situation on behalf of the people of Mutitjulu.

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