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

That is not what we suggested. We ask what you mean when you use a term that will have legal consequences if inserted into our Constitution. So, when we talk about the term or when the government refers to the term 'First Peoples of Australia', I asked, 'To clarify, does it include all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were in Australia at the time of European settlement?' And I said, 'Does it have a temporal aspect?' So can I just confirm your evidence, because again this is in our Constitution. The High Court is going to actually interpret this. It does include all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who were in Australia at the time of European settlement? Just a yes or no—I'm happy with that if that's what you meant.