Senate debates

Thursday, 16 August 2007

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008

In Committee

7:43 pm

Photo of Nigel ScullionNigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I can hazard a guess at that. I do not have any evidentiary process that gives me a clear sign about that, but it might exist. Who profits from it? It has been my experience that it is both of those demographics, tragically. Certainly there are people outside of the communities—white people—who profit from the trafficking in human misery and there are also Indigenous people and, perhaps even more tragically, members of those communities who invariably profit as part of the deceit or the sale of the products.

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