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

NPA PRICE () (): You sound confused, Senator Watt. I am not confused, however. One minute you're saying that this is about indigeneity. In my understanding indigeneity means anyone who is born here. You're suggesting it is not about race. It appears my truth-telling makes you a little bit uncomfortable, but I am going to be straight down the line with you, because that's what I have come here to be: honest. What I will suggest is that this is the most divisive referendum our country has ever experienced and absolutely is dividing our nation along the lines of race. Some of those that sit on your side of the chamber have said that anyone who doesn't agree with your proposal, which you can offer no detail on and you seem very confused about—you don't know whether it's based on race or indigeneity—is in fact racist. I would suggest that gaslighting is no way to bully individuals into supporting this proposal. Hanging that over one's head to suggest that one is racist for not conforming is what I would regard as bullying.