Senate debates

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Questions without Notice

First Nations Australians

2:54 pm

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

The trauma that many First Nations families experienced throughout that history still occurs today in this country. The trauma that impacts our families results in the high rates of removals of our children from their families. It also results in the high rates of incarceration in our justice systems across the country. And that is why the national agreement on Closing the Gap was implemented.

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