Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Although makarrata features 15 times in the government's quick guide to what was formerly known as the Uluru statement, I'm informed by the Anangu Mayatja Council of Elders that the term 'makarrata' in the Yolngu people's language in Arnhem Land means 'tribal punishment'. In 2018 the Central Desert communities released a statement rejecting the makarrata on traditional grounds because it belongs to the Top End of the Northern Territory and not Central Australia. It is tribal boundary law that prevents other nations and tribes from adopting this practice without permission or request. In the case of the Anangu people, they reject makarrata and hope that the Parliament of Australia acknowledges that tribal law overrides the call for recognition in the Australian Constitution. One Nation will not be supporting this motion and calls on the Greens to acknowledge that the message stick does not represent all nations and tribes. And I'd like to acknowledge Paddy Uluru's granddaughter in the gallery.