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Election 2022: Major parties’ approach to Indigenous issues slammed
NACCHO CEO Pat Turner says major parties 'have barely said anything useful' through their campaigns while exposing a $4.4 billion underspend on First Nations health.
Scott Morrison’s dismissal of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is “disheartening,” according to the CEO of the peak Aboriginal Health Body.
- By Keira Jenkins / Source: The Point / SBS
Speaking to NITV’s The Point, Pat Turner said a voice to Parliament would give Aboriginal people the right to practice self-determination.
“I think it’s a national shame that the two major parties have barely said anything useful,” she said.
“What Labor has said is it’s committed to implementing the Uluru Statement from the…