Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

ASH (—) (): That's a general principle. I'm actually asking for the detail. I'm assuming yet again there is no detail. As you said, you cannot say to the Australian people how many representatives there will be. Senator Nampijinpa Price says there are maybe 250 communities in the Northern Territory and maybe 250 or more in Western Australia. Senator Nampijinpa Price and Senator Kerrynne Liddle can't go back to their communities and say, 'You are actually guaranteed a representative,' because that will be a matter for the parliament. Senator Nampijinpa Price, I find that very disappointing. Minister, how will you guarantee that those representatives represent each of the different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations across Australia?