Exclusive: Christian crusader and same-sex marriage campaigner form unlikely alliance | AlexSmithSMH
Christian crusader and NSW upper house MP Fred Nile has opposed almost every reform that same-sex marriage campaigner and Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has worked to achieve in parliament.
Nile’s Culture is Identity Bill would prevent the destruction of Aboriginal heritage by handing custodianship of sites, objects and remains to a new independent agency, the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Council. “I have listened to the Aboriginal community for over 40 years and they want self-determination. My bill provides true custodianship of Aboriginal cultural heritage to the Aboriginal community rather than Macquarie Street politicians and their departments.”Nile said the bill would “greatly further the legislative conversation towards self-determination and most importantly an Indigenous Voice in parliament”.
“True reconciliation is not only about apologising for past wrongs, but preventing future ones from happening, and that principle is at the heart of this bill,” he said.
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