Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The government has stated that it is committed to consulting widely over the initiatives in place as part of the intervention in the Northern Territory. Can the minister please advise the Senate why the government has chosen to ignore the advice of the first-ever Indigenous Labor Party President, Warren Mundine, by reintroducing the permit system in the Northern Territory?