Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for COAG) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, which I believe this week is Senator Evans. How can Indigenous Australians trust that COAG under this government will take meaningful action on one of its five new themes, closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage, when COAG’s new structure has no Indigenous-specific standing council, no select council and not even a legislative and governance forum to coordinate these reforms?