House debates
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Motions
Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017
9:31 am
Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source
I seek leave to move the following motion:
That the House:
(1) notes that:
(a) yesterday, the Government introduced legislation amending the Native Title Act;
(b) the Government has had six months notice that legislation of this type might be required and has taken no action until this week; and
(c) the Leader of the House has given notice of his intention to force this bill through all stages of debate before 2 pm today;
(2) affirms the effect of the Government's approach means that Members of the House will be compelled to vote on a change to the Native Title Act without having had a chance to conduct any consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities;
(3) condemns the Prime Minister for condoning a failure to consult with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the same week where he quoted the words of Chris Sarra "Do things with us, not to us"; and
(4) calls on the Government to abandon this approach and allow time for proper consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Leave not granted.
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