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Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
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Introduced by: The Hon Joshua Burgoyne MLA (CLP)
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If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Joshua Burgoyne CLP
“Madam Speaker, I present a Bill titled the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Legislation Amendment Bill 2025, Serial 23. I move that the Bill be now read a first time. One of the first Acts passed by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory following self-government in 1978 was the Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act 1978.”
Chanston Paech ALP
“Madam Speaker, it is important that this legislation is referred to the Legislative Scrutiny Committee, as the previous Aboriginal strategic water reserves legislation should have been. Sacred sites in the Northern Territory are important to many Territorians. We should be proud of the Northern Territory Aboriginal Sacred Sites Act.”
Gerard Maley CLP
“Madam Speaker, I present a ministerial policy statement on the Territory’s energy future. I address the House on the absolute mess our power system is in, left in a shambles by the former Labor government, and I outline the Finocchiaro CLP government’s plan to secure our energy future.”
Selena Uibo ALP
“Madam Speaker, there are two things in the Deputy Chief Minister’s statement that are true. First, the irresponsible scrapping of the Northern Territory’s renewable targets is now official. Second, the CLP is putting up Territorians’ power prices, which we expected all along, even prior to the election.”
Steven Edgington CLP
“Madam Speaker, I move that the debate be adjourned. Motion agreed to; debate adjourned.”
Manuel Brown ALP
“Madam Speaker, the opposition has profound concerns about the substance of this Bill and the deeply flawed manner in which it arrived before this House. It is legislation crafted without respect, adequate consultation and genuinely listening to the voices of those who will be affected most, the Aboriginal custodians of sacred sites across the Territory.”
“Mr Deputy Speaker, I make my position clear that I do not support this Bill and I strongly believe that this Bill should be withdrawn. I should not be standing here talking on this Bill today, and no-one in this Chamber should be talking on this Bill.”