Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Let me be very clear to the Senate: there is certainly no gaslighting going on in terms of this discussion, and there's certainly great sincerity by the Prime Minister and this government in terms of our relationships with First Nations people.

There is none of that going on, Senator Cox. If anything, we knew, from listening to the people at Garma, that we had to keep going in this space. What was disappointing, President, was that, while we were there, the opposition leader chose to use that time to say no to makarrata, instead of appearing at Garma, where he had been invited. He said no to the Voice. We learnt from that experience that, unless there is bipartisan support, that hurt—