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THE HON. BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG ADDRESS TO THE BARUNGA FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY BARUNGA, NORTHERN TERRITORY  SATURDAY, 9 JUNE 2018 I acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging.

Today we mark the 30th anniversary of the Barunga Statement being presented to Prime Minister Bob Hawke. We acknowledge that in too many ways, the Parliament has not lived-up to the promises of thirty years ago. We recognise that too few of the Barunga words have become deeds. But Labor remains committed to the aspirations

THE HON. BILL SHORTEN MP LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS & ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS MEMBER FOR MARIBYRNONG ADDRESS TO THE LAND COUNCIL MEETING  BARUNGA, NORTHERN TERRITORY  FRIDAY, 8 JUNE 2018 I want to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and pay my respects to elders past, present and

First Nations people in crisis will be left without a place to go after Minister Scullion announced the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council in South Australia, the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane and the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council will all have their alcohol and other drug support funding cut. This is yet