Ms MACKLIN (Jagajaga—Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform) (14:08): I am very pleased to be able to add to the remarks of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and the Attorney-General in her statement this morning to commemorate the achievements of Eddie Koiki Mabo and the achievements of a people who fought for and won recognition of their rights over the lands that they had cared for for thousands and thousands of years. Twenty years ago, former Prime Minister Paul Keating said: It begins, I think, with an act of recognition. Recognition has allowed us to see beyond the falsehood of terra nullius and to the future. Hard work remains in our line of sight. We must continue to labour together to turn this legal recognition into a reality—to build the houses and schools, and to see local economies grow and businesses prosper. Today we remember the achievement of a man and his people. Today we recognise that his achievement changed us. We recognise the truth that changed Australia.