Mr BURKE (Watson—Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for the Arts and Leader of the House) (16:34): I start, in paying tribute to Archie Roach, by extending my deepest sympathies to Archie's family, particularly his sons, Amos and Eban, and thank them for granting us permission to use Archie's name, to share Archie's images and to continue playing his music. They didn't have to do that and they certainly didn't have to do that immediately. In a very real way they've given us, the nation, permission in some way to grieve with them and there's a lot to grieve. I've thought about it and I don't think ever met a more humble person than Archie Roach. When we talk about his music living on it's true that we can play the albums, right back to Charcoal Lane or more recently Tell Me Why, and you can hear the voice. But what we won't get is that banter between songs that you'd get when you would see Archie Roach live. The first time I saw him live was in Wollongong at the ACTU Congress some years ago where he performed. The last time I saw him perform was at the Woodford Folk Festival. He was performing there with Paul Grabrowsky. Together with Paul Grabrowsky they reimagined all his early work. If anyone hasn't listened to the album Tell Me Why please do, because in reimagining it they also wrote three new songs. They wanted to write a new song for each of the foster families that Archie had been with. There was a song that I heard for the first time at Woodford, because I hadn't bought the album at that stage—but I was listening to the vinyl yesterday. He told the story of one of the foster parents and them bringing him into the house once a week and wanting him to learn manners when having a cup of tea. In that image was both the generosity and the condescension all sort of wrapped up together. In telling it Archie just told it as a story of love and then sang the song with the chorus, 'One for each person and one for the pot.' A lot of tributes are out there at the moment. The Minister for Indigenous Australians just referred to what has been said by Paul Kelly. I think perhaps the most powerful of the tributes that artists have put out there was the one I saw yesterday from Dan Sultan. Dan just looked down the camera and started playing the guitar and did not sing a word. As you listen you're realising that you're hearing the guitar backing for 'Took the Children Away.' Without saying a word he reminded us that the music is there forever, but the voice, the power of that voice, is not with us in the same way. Part of the power of that voice was the way Archie continued to lend it to others and to lend it to the next generation. His mentoring of Australian musicians was extraordinary and unbelievably generous. A lot of people will know the band AB Original—Briggs and Trials—and the album Reclaim Australia. Even if you didn't listen to the whole album—for some people that album, both the music and for some the lyrics, will be a bit too much—just listen to the first track, because all the first track is is an interview with Archie Roach, with the music playing behind and him, talking about activism and the need to act. Reclaim Australia by AB Original—you'll get it off your phone. Just listen to the first track and if the music keeps playing then we've done well. His generosity in continuing to act as a mentor to artists went right up until only a few weeks ago. I try to listen each week to Triple J's Like a Version and three weeks ago it was Archie Roach. He was there with Becca Hatch and Marlon x Rulla. He finished with a medley of Bob Marley hits, which means the final words I watched him sing while he was alive were: 'Get up, stand up, stand up for your right. Get up, stand up, don't give up the fight.' It's important that we don't. We're all in a better position to be able to do all of that together, because we've been blessed with the life of Archie Roach.