Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Cox for her question. I know, particularly based on my frequent discussions with her, just how important this issue is to her and just how important getting this part of our tourism sector right is to the country generally. The revised THRIVE 2030 project was relaunched in Sydney a couple of weeks ago with all of Australia's trade ministers, including, interestingly enough, both the Liberal trade minister and the incoming Labor trade minister.

This government is all about improving the lives of Indigenous Australians in particular. As you know, we're promoting the recognition of Indigenous Australians through a voice to parliament. In a sense, everything else flows from that commitment, because what it means is that, as a government, we see the opportunity of not only improving the lives of Indigenous Australians, through greater tourism focused on the Indigenous experience, but also projecting to the world this government's commitment to Indigenous issues. In all of the discussions that I have with companies overseas, we promote Indigenous tourism as a unique aspect of the Australian tourism experience. I'm extremely hopeful that, based on the revised THRIVE 2030, we can build on what we were already doing in this space— (Time expired)