Resources Minister Madeleine King has urged mining and gas companies to get behind the Indigenous Voice to parliament, saying they have a unique responsibility to correct the wrongs of the past.
King said the resources sector had made “extraordinary and devastating mistakes” in their interactions with First Nations people, and had also misled Australians about the Keating government’sResources Minister Madeleine King says more mining companies need to come out in support of the Voice to parliament.
King said mining companies “don’t have a good record with Indigenous relations”, highlighting their actions during the debate over the Native Title Act three decades ago. “There is this kind of Armageddon-type view that the world is going to fall apart if we let some of the most disadvantaged people in this country, that are the first people of this country, have a body that can provide advice to government or parliament,” she said.“I mean, that is patently ridiculous and a bit obscene to sort of throw that around. This is a principle of making sure Indigenous Australians have a body that will provide advice to the parliament on legislation that affects them.
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