Joint Council members were welcomed to Larrakia Country by Trent Lee who performed a Saltwater Ceremony at the Darwin Waterfront Precinct.

Joint Council paid respects to Larrakia Elders, acknowledging their continuing custodianship of lands from the Cox Peninsula in the west, to Gunn Point in the north, Adelaide River in the east and down to the Manton Dam area southwards.

Thank you Kerry Anne for the wonderful Welcome to Country.

I acknowledge Traditional Owners and Custodians of all of the country and waters across our great land –

And particularly acknowledge the Whadjuk Noongar people.

I extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people here today from all points of the southern sky. 

Getting on with the job

When I spoke to you last year at the AIATSIS Summit on Kabi Kabi country – 

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER:  I'm Patrick Gorman, the Federal Member for Perth and the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister. Today marks one year since the full Albanese Government Ministry was sworn in. And since that time, I'm so proud of what we've achieved. We've established the Integrity Commission. We've put through our Budget, which has cheaper childcare for 1.2 million Australian families.

GREG JENNETT, HOST: Linda Burney, great to have some time with you. The Voice seems virtually unstoppable from here, having passed the House. You did your bit as a member there and you did find yourself unusually, I suppose sitting alongside many Liberals, the vast majority of them. Is there a sense now in which the easy part is done? The hardest struggle lies ahead from today?

National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) is an important time for Australians to reflect and build on the work of generations past, for the benefit of future generations.

National Reconciliation Week provides an opportunity for Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney will be attending the National Reconciliation Week Breakfast at Parliament House in Canberra this morning.

National Reconciliation Week (27 May to 3 June) is an important time for Australians to reflect and build on the work of generations past, for the benefit of future generations.

National Reconciliation Week provides an opportunity for Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney will be attending the National Reconciliation Week Breakfast at Parliament House in Canberra this morning.

GREG JENNETT, HOST: Why don't we introduce now our political panel, and we're delighted to say we have two West Australian guests today, Labor Frontbencher and Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman is here. Welcome back, Patrick. And Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds joins us here in the studio. Welcome to you too, Linda. The legacy question; Patrick Gorman to you. First of all - what is it? Is it the pandemic which was obviously reflected on by the Prime Minister and most other commentators in what are we saying the last hour or so?

PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER:  I'm Patrick Gorman, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and the Member for Perth right here in the heart of the Perth electorate standing in Hyde Park, where families everyday come to celebrate important occasions like Mother's Day, children's birthdays, and so many other things. And what we are announcing today is a strategy to make sure that those people we care about most get the high quality care they need.

KIERAN GILBERT, HOST: I'm joined by the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, Patrick Gorman. Thanks very much for your time. Overnight, Minister, Don Farrell, your counterpart, the Trade Minister, met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Detroit. Apparently, Minister Wang confirmed that the recent visit to Beijing had seen the tariffs on timber removed. Is there confidence that more will be seen along these lines?

On Friday 26 May 2023, the Minister for Indigenous Australians and the Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health met with the Referendum Engagement Group.

The meeting was held at Yulara and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, on the lands of the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara peoples.

The Group gathered in the spiritual and geographic centre of the country on the sixth anniversary of the signing of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and on the eve of the historic 1967 Referendum.