Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. As I was saying, the government has allocated funding for a Makarrata in line with the commitment that we took to the last election. The funding has been allocated for the NIAA resourcing to progress our commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but we are not establishing a Makarrata before the referendum. Our priority is Constitutional recognition through a Voice.

Julie Bishop said at the Press Club:

… I believe that it is a step in the right direction … it's not a question of money, it's not a question of politicians coming up with policies, it's a question of giving Indigenous people the franchise to make decisions to implement policies that will work. We got to give it a chance.

I agree with Julie Bishop.

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