Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price and Member for Lingiari Marion Scrymgour both address Aboriginal disadvantage, domestic violence and alcohol laws in their maiden speeches in federal politics.
The Northern Territory's two incoming federal politicians have delivered powerful maiden speeches, highlighting a "broken" system and conditions faced by Aboriginal people that would not be accepted elsewhere in Australia.
"It is not good enough that [Aboriginal] children have witnessed or been subjected to normalised alcohol abuse, domestic family and sexual violence throughout their young lives. "I am essentially becoming part of the same government which designated both my parents as wards of the State — the 'State' being the Commonwealth of Australia," she said.
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