Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

On right of reply, and taking the issues that have just been raised into account, I draw members' attention to the fact that the regional Australian issues are still able to be dealt with through the appropriate committee. The Northern Australian Committee for the last parliament only dealt with First Nations issues and, as the members are aware, there are negotiations happening with the Senate right now in setting up a specific First Nations joint committee that will be able to deal with all of those issues.

Question agreed to.

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