Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

Left out of this motion is the fact that Mr Doolan's message sticks also call on the federal government to begin treaty negotiations with Indigenous Australians. States and territories are currently in the process of developing treaties, and that process rightly sits with them, not the federal government. He asserts that he would be putting the government on notice by delivering the message sticks and calls on a constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament for Indigenous Australians. Minister Wyatt and representatives of the NIAA met with Mr Doolan on behalf of government when he was here in Canberra earlier in the year.