QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:28): I understand that that is a word that is used as a political point. There's also a legal definition. And I would say to you— An honourable senator interjecting— Senator WONG: Sorry?

No, what I was going to say is I think different senators, including in our party, would have used different words, but what I would say to you is I think the history of First Nations people in this country is a history that involves not only hardship but also brutality and death and murders and dispossession. And I am very aware of that. I appreciate the point you're making, but I don't want the definitional argument to suggest in any way that my view or the government's views detract from that.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Thorpe, first supplementary?