Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I did note the Leader of the Opposition's reference in an article today by that investigative journalist James Morrow. He had gone back to 1986—a time when Crocodile Dundee had just hit the theatres, most women didn't have paid maternity leave, and it was a crime in some states to be gay or lesbian and people were being jailed. And there was something else—terra nullius was still the law of the land. It was still the position that it was not acknowledged that there was ownership of the land prior to English people coming in 1788—terra nullius. In 1986 there was no Mabo decision, no native title and no Wik. Those opposite need to say whether that is still their position, because they were out there being critical about these issues. I am proud to have supported Aboriginal land rights in 1986 and been an advocate for social justice for First Nations people for four decades. I say to the Leader of the Opposition—

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