QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator THORPE (Victoria—Independent VIC Whip) (14:30): I'm sure the Seed Mob president will forward you a T-shirt of your own. Minister, First Nations kids are being tortured in prisons right now using spit hoods or spit guards. You could use your powers to overturn dangerous laws and ban torture devices from being used on our kids.

Is maintaining the illusion of cooperating with states and territories worth the continued abuse of Aboriginal children?