Ian Goodenough (Moore, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Speaker has received a message from the Senate informing the House:

That—

(a) the following matter be referred to the Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs for inquiry and report:

The application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Australia, with particular reference to:

(i) the international experience of implementing the UNDRIP,

(ii) options to improve adherence to the principles of UNDRIP in Australia,

(iii) how implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart can support the application of the UNDRIP, and

(iv) any other related matters;

(b) in conducting the inquiry, the committee may consider the relevant evidence and records of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee relating to its inquiry into the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia in the 46th Parliament; and

(c) further consideration of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Bill 2022 be made an order of the day for the first day of sitting after the committee presents its report.

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