Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Yes. I'm responding to your point about change. My parents married when the White Australia policy was still in place. It was a Labor government which removed the last vestiges of the White Australia policy.

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It was a Labor government which introduced the Racial Discrimination Act. It was a Labor government which introduced the Sex Discrimination Act. It was a Labor government which introduced the native title legislation.

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