Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I inform the Senate that Senator Roberts has submitted a proposal under standing order 75, shown at item 16 of today's Order of Business:

The Native Title system in Australia is critically flawed and perpetuates discrimination. A new claim has been lodged by the Woppaburra people for exclusive use over an additional 2,249 acres of Great Keppel Island, despite a prior Federal Court ruling extinguishing Native Title over significant portions of the island, with the effect of potentially closing Great Keppel Island to non-Aboriginal Australians. This situation exemplifies why there is urgent need for a thorough overhaul of Native Title laws to prevent misuse and ensure equal treatment for all Australians regardless of race

Is the proposal supported?

More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places—