Senate debates

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Matters of Public Importance

Cultural Heritage Legislation

4:40 pm

Photo of Dean SmithDean Smith (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury) Share this | Hansard source

Who is the one person who should feel most aggrieved about where Western Australia's cultural heritage laws are up to? That one person is the former Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Ben Wyatt. When the draft laws were prepared back in 2020, he said: 'I am confident that we have a path forward to introduce historic reform that reflects modern values.' That's what Mr Ben Wyatt had to say—the former Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, who was also the state Treasurer, who is now a board member of Rio—

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