Wednesday, 29 October 2025

 The PRESIDENT (12:48): Minister Shing is going to chase up answers within the standing orders from the Minister for Public and Active Transport for Mr Bourman’s question, as will Minister Tierney for Mr Ettershank’s questions for the Minister for Environment.

Mrs McArthur, I invite you to make your point of order again.

Bev McArthur: On a point of order, President, yesterday Minister Blandthorn potentially misled this house when she alleged the following. It was in the debate regarding treaty and her summing-up position. She alleged:

The community members mentioned by those opposite are not native title holders for Gunaikurnai.

I referenced correspondence in my contribution from a Kurnai woman offended by the use of her language to name the new Aboriginal representative body. The individual and her family have confirmed again that they are the native title holders. We are asking if the minister would like to correct the record for her contribution.

The PRESIDENT: There are a number of ways forward from here. Those particular community members, if they feel they have been misrepresented, can write in for a right of reply to be published in Hansard. Also, Mrs McArthur, if you want to, you can form a substantive motion as far as reflecting the concerns you have just outlined. But it is not for me to decide the veracity of what anyone says in here at any given time. Unless the minister wants to reply, we can leave it at that and leave the options to those community groups or you, Mrs McArthur. Very good.