"The Govern-ment has turned it back on the
indigenous people of Australia over the last 10
years. Now we have 600 pages of legis-
lation brought here and the Government says,
`We will suspend standing
orders to ram it through the Senate'.
This is government by the executive and
Parliament is being sidelined. This legislation
goes to the core of what this
nation is, how we relate to the first Australians...
"And what is the Opposition going to
do about it? Nothing. Not a thing. It is an
opposition in name only. This process is
wrong. This process is corrupting this
Parliament. This is Prime Minister
Howard corrupting proper democratic
process, which means we must be informed.
When you are dealing with
people whose lives, future, and culture
are at stake, then you must be informed."
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