Senator McCARTHY (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Australians) (14:57): The Bringing them home report was a report that so many families, including my own family, gave evidence to. It was a report that took many years, took thousands of evidence. And what it did do— Senator Thorpe: Relevance: it's about genocide. The PRESIDENT: Senator Thorpe, if I might explain— Senator Thorpe: I don't want you to explain. I just want her to answer the question. The PRESIDENT: Senator Thorpe, resume your seat. To explain, you mentioned in the first part of your question, the Bringing them home report which the minister is entitled to confine her remarks to. Senator Thorpe interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Thorpe, you are not in a debate with me! You've raised the point of order. I've indicated to you there is no point of order. I'm going to invite the minister to continue. Senator McCARTHY: The Bringing them home report and the recommendations of the report were embraced by the Labor Party so much so that, in 2007, when Kevin Rudd became Prime Minister, one of the first things he did in the Australian parliament was to acknowledge the Bringing them home report, to answer the question of Senator Thorpe, to apologise— Senator Thorpe: And what has that done? It's taken more kids out of our families than any— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Thorpe, come to order! Senator McCARTHY: The Bringing them home report, which I encourage all senators to read, culminated in what happened when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd become Prime Minister—an acknowledgment of the historical horrors of the removal of First Nations people in this country. That continues today in terms of the redress for those families. I've written to hundreds and hundreds of families across this country in terms of what has happened to them. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Minister. The time— Senator Thorpe: What about 23,000 without home or care under your watch? The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat. Senator Thorpe, I'm trying to give you the respect you are entitled to as a senator in this place, but I would ask that you stop interjecting. I invite you to put your second supplementary.