Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Once, again, unlike the coalition, the Australian Labor Party is a party of reform and wholeheartedly supports Indigenous Australians' rights and fosters and encourages Indigenous economic development. This is evident once again in the implementation of the Native Title Act in 1993. We are not disingenuous, unlike the opposition who make out that they are there to protect the rights of Indigenous people. We will continue our involvement as we have done in a variety of different circumstances—