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

Hope—tell that to my family. Tell that to the women who are beaten and who are fleeing. Tell that to my aunt—

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: Return to your seat, please, Senator Nampijinpa Price.

Tell that to my aunt who rang yesterday because police had to collect her from her home at Yuendumu because she was under threat by other community members. Hope doesn't cut it, I'm sorry. Hope doesn't cut it for the children who are at risk of sexual abuse and whose only safe space in their community is their school. Hope doesn't cut it. You can only hope to appease your white guilt, but what we require is overcoming issues that are impacting people right now and impacting Indigenous Australians right now. So I want to confirm that there is, in fact, no guarantee and that, in fact, it is hope that this Voice hopes to provide to Indigenous Australians?