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

I'm putting the question to you, respectfully, Senator: does this government, in recognising—

An honourable senator interjecting —

Senator Watt, as you have suggested, we shouldn't be talking about race. Indigeneity suggests that anyone born here belongs here. Is this relevant to those who consider themselves indigenous, who are born here? You are now talking about First Australians, the Canadian term. This is important to me and my family because my husband is a new citizen. He became a citizen of this country recently, because he loves this nation. I recognise there are many wonderful new citizens in this country, part of the migrant community, who come here and they ask me quite often where this puts them. So, I'm asking you, Senator, whether your government, in recognising First Australians, is suggesting that there are also second and third Australians? This is relevant to this amendment to our Constitution.