Senate debates
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
Questions without Notice
Indigenous Australians
2:31 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
With respect, Senator Hanson, I understand the motivation behind that question, and I would say to you that I think that the way that is phrased is a question that seeks to divide us. You and I both know we are all Australian citizens, but we do have unfinished business when it comes to our First Nations peoples. We as a country do have a road that we have to walk to bring us together, and I don't believe that road can be walked in good faith if we start to try and divide people in the way I think your question is seeking to do. You're entitled to your views, but what I would say to you is that we are all Australian citizens, some of us come—
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