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

Thank you very much, Senator Dodson. What I'd like to really reiterate is the fact that this is an iterative process. It's a process of co-design. The Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, has made it very, very clear that he intends to continue to work in a collaborative way with all Australians, but particularly with Indigenous Australians, about our pathway forward on constitutional recognition and how the voices of Indigenous Australians are going to be heard into the future.

Today, as we celebrate the new way forward and acknowledge the bad outcomes of the past, we are talking about moving forward in a new way with Indigenous Australians to make sure that the process of closing the gap is informed by Indigenous Australians. We can't shy away from the fact that the results today have not been what we would have wanted. I am not shying away from that, the Prime Minister doesn't shy away from that and the Minister for Indigenous Australians doesn't shy away from that. The results today were not good. (Time expired)