Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Senator Dodson, for your question. The one thing that the government has absolutely given a categorical commitment on is to work with First Australians to make sure that whatever is designed and whatever is developed, as we move forward in ongoing recognition of Indigenous Australians, will be informed by a co-design process where Indigenous Australians and Indigenous communities are absolutely at the forefront of that design process.

In fact, I just met with the head of the peaks to talk to them about specific initiatives that sit within my portfolio area so that we can make sure what we're doing is being far better informed about what Indigenous Australians want. The only way we are going to get a successful outcome in closing the gap going forward is making sure the design of the methods by which we go about closing that gap are being designed by our Indigenous Australians.