'[It] is the difference between accessibility and inclusion.'
ACT's first independent senator has used his maiden speech in parliament to outline his passion for"accessibility and inclusion". He says his priorities are shaped by his early upbringing migrating from Zimbabwe and growing up on a farm in Australia.
He highlighted his quest by having Auslan translator Amanda Dolejsi sign his first speech to the Senate on Tuesday, a request which was earlier rejected.'Very disappointing': David Pocock wanted an Auslan interpreter by his side in parliament. Here's why he was denied "I am obviously white - 'moon tan white' as my former teammates liked to tell me over the years"," he said.
"There is no civilisation as we know it without agriculture. Our society cannot be sustained without the people who spend their life on the land.
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