Senator McCARTHY (Northern Territory—Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health) (17:26): [Yanyuwa language not transcribed]. Thank you for enabling me to speak in my language, the language of the Yanyuwa people, which is one of hundreds of First Nations languages in this country. What I said was to acknowledge that I am a Yanyuwa woman. I am of the li-antha wirriyarra, which is the sea country people of the north, and from Borroloola, and I pay my respects to all present. I am absolutely appalled by the motion brought forward by One Nation. It is beneath this Senate to even begin to bring in other aspects of the referendum. Let me remind One Nation what the question was. It was: A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration? Let me remind the Senate that that was the question to all Australians. There was no question around welcome to country ceremonies. There were no questions, despite what this matter that One Nation has brought forward claims, of division or race. There was no question around sovereignty. I have read to the Senate and reminded the Senate what 17 million Australians went to the polling booths to do. What is happening here today is disgraceful. Over six million Australians supported the question. It was not enough to get the question over the line in the Constitution. Nine million Australians said no. Look at the difference in that. They spoke about a voice to parliament not being enshrined in the Constitution. That did not diminish the need for Closing the Gap to improve the lives of First Nations people. It did not say: 'Remove the languages, remove the culture and remove the kinship of families in this country—of First Nations people.' It did not ask that of Australians. It's an absolute disgrace from One Nation, but then they do have form, don't they? They bring division, even into this Senate. In 2017, when Senator Hanson walked in here with a burqa, it was an absolute disgrace. They're always bringing in stunts, always wanting— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Fawcett ): Senator McCarthy, personal reflections are disorderly under standing order 193. I ask you to withdraw that and then continue. Senator McCARTHY: Mr Acting Deputy President Fawcett, when Senator Hanson wore a burqa into the Senate, it was certainly not in the standing orders to do so, and we said so at the time. In fact— The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McCarthy, I have asked you to withdraw that imputation. I would ask you just to withdraw, and then you will have the call to continue. Senator McCARTHY: I will do so in the interests of moving forward, but I would kindly remind senators to have a lot at 2017. We've seen times here when there has been a constant need to completely divide this Senate. We've certainly heard that, even in discussions today. So I would say to Australians listening that this matter before the Senate is absolute rubbish. It's a disgrace. It's beneath the Senate to even have this discussion here this afternoon. It shows a complete disregard for the First Nations people in this country, who've been here for over 65,000 years. Like it or not, we are not going away. If anything, those voices will be even louder. I'm just reminding all senators, and I thank the millions of Australians who came out in support. I thank my colleagues who came out in support. I thank the Greens. I certainly thank those in the other house who came out in support. It was a very simple request by First Nations people who gathered on Anangu country just asking to be heard. And guess who's the most disappointed in this? It's the three per cent that it impacted in this country. The other 97 per cent in this country can move on and get on with their lives. But for that three per cent the hurt is really deep. But guess what? First Nations people have been disappointed before, and we keep coming back. I remind the Senate: please, all of you, all senators, let's watch out for the language that we use. One Nation, you won the referendum. Did you really need to bring this on? The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Senator McCarthy, please address your remarks through the chair. Senator McCARTHY: Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy President.