Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

This is getting even more confusing. Does the government understand the implications of changing the definition to include 'but not limited to any kinship systems of that culture'? What does the government say to the Australian people and, in particular, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who will be affected by this change in definition? What does the government mean by 'not limited to any kinship systems of that culture'? What are 'kinship systems of that culture'? Then we are going to move through Palm Island, Alice Springs, Melville Island and Ceduna, because you are right: it is going to differ in relation to each one. So what is the government's understanding of what that means?