Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

For starters this bill is about the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia and the creation of a voice, rather than the NIAA's operations. The second point to make is that the Auditor-General's report that you refer to largely related to the operations of the NIAA under the former coalition government based on principles that were set by the former coalition government. I'm pleased to say that Minister Burney has put in place various integrity measures to deal with those problems that occurred under the former coalition government.