Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Watt, with regard to your reference to the fact that the voices will be chosen from different states, I note that, for Indigenous Australians, prior to colonisation, if you like, there was no recognition of states. They were family groups of course, and I've mentioned that there are about 250 or more communities throughout the Northern Territory. It has been suggested that it will be up to the parliament to determine how representatives will be chosen. Do you consider the parliament to have effective cultural knowledge to determine how best those representatives will be chosen from within remote Indigenous communities, particularly those that still practise traditional Aboriginal culture?