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

I thank the member for her question. She asked about one element of the Uluru statement, and I am very happy to respond to that. This government is absolutely focused on the referendum at the end of this year.

I am asked a question, as I said, that relates to the element of the Uluru statement that goes to agreement-making. There is much of that going on around the country. Treaty is being progressed in Queensland with bipartisan support. A treaty is being progressed in Victoria with bipartisan support. Peter Walsh, the leader of the Victorian Nationals, said:

The Liberals and Nationals are committed to advancing the Treaty process in Victoria …

And in Tasmania a Liberal government has established a pathway to truth-telling and treaty with bipartisan support. Jeremy Rockliff, the Liberal Premier of Tasmania, said:

We are committed to progressing truth-telling and treaty in true partnership with the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.

Our priority is constitutional recognition through a voice, a voice that will help drive better results for Indigenous people. That is what the Australian people will vote for later this year.

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