House debates

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Questions without Notice

Makarrata Commission

2:38 pm

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

I am, absolutely. We know that we have the great privilege of sharing this vast island continent with the oldest continuous culture on earth. There 400 Indigenous nations around this country. What we have seen is that things work the best when people come together. The concept of makarrata is coming together. It's a Yolngu word for coming together after conflict. That is precisely what has occurred with native title. It's what has occurred with the Mabo decision. It's what has occurred with all of that—

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