Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

In this question time, Senator Colbeck asked a question accusing the government of not listening to the Australian people about the Voice. I have to say, Australia does not have a good record of listening to our Indigenous people. It wasn't until 1967 that Aboriginal people in our nation—our First Nations Australians—even had the right to vote. Then, in 1973 or thereabouts, Gough Whitlam introduced the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee. The Fraser government got rid of that. Then they put in place the National Aboriginal Conference. Then they got rid of that. Then, Bob Hawke put in place—