NAIDOC Week 2020

Ms WEBB (Nelson) – Madam Deputy President, it is NAIDOC Week.  As this is the first time I have risen to speak this week I am going to take a brief opportunity to acknowledge the palawa pakana of lutruwita, Tasmania, the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of this land, the land that was never ceded.  I acknowledge the muwinina people, originally of this place, nipaluna/Hobart.  I acknowledge the Elders past, present and emerging, of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. 

NAIDOC Week is an important time to celebrate the rich and vibrant culture of the palawa pakana whose connection to this land extends back beyond 40 000 years and has survived invasion and dispossession.