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

Thank you Senator Cox. I recognise your longstanding interest in these matters, but I do have to reject the suggestion that the government is attempting to silence First Nations voices through this process. What Minister Madeleine King is doing is putting in place a better, simplified system of regulation of these types of matters that does still provide for consultation processes from a range of different stakeholders. I have every confidence that this process—

You've got an awful lot to say. It's only the first day of the week!

I'm sorry, Senator Cox, that your own male senators don't let you have an opportunity to ask your questions.