Senate debates
Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Matters of Urgency
COVID-19: Indigenous Australians
4:12 pm
Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source
At the request of Senator Lines, I move:
That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:
The need for Morrison-Joyce Government to stop blaming First Nations Australians and instead take responsibility for its bungled vaccine rollout, the dangerous situation in Western New South Wales and its failure to prepare and protect First Nations communities across Australia from the spread of COVID, including a failure to properly communicate and ensure access to health facilities, food security, adequate housing and isolation places.
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