Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the leader of the Labor Party in the Senate, Minister Wong. This year we have heard the government say that they can't move forward on key issues, including human rights and First Peoples justice, without bipartisan support. They told me this was the reason they could not support my bill implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Why does the government need the Liberal Party's permission before you can move forward on important reform when you've got a majority in the House and a progressive crossbench in the Senate that would support good reform? What more does it take?