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Title

  • Committees Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference
  • Committees - Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee; Reference - "Indigenous identity fraud"

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>PRESIDENT (): The question is that the motion moved by Senator Hanson be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-06-15.68.1) introduced by Queensland Senator [Pauline Hanson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/pauline_hanson) (One Nation), which means it failed.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the following matter be referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 12 September 2023:*
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  • > *Indigenous identity fraud caused by:*
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  • > *(a) circular definitions in Australian law, like 'an Aboriginal person is a person of the Aboriginal race';*
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  • > *(b) self-identifying as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person by ticking a box on a form or through a statutory declaration; and*
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  • > *(c) any other means and any related matters.*
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