'I ACKNOWLEDGE the Ngunnawal and Ngambri traditional owners, and their Elders past and present. I thank them for their hospitality and care of Country.
'Speech is silver but silence is golden so I'll make this address short.
'I woke up in my hotel this morning and saw Parliament House outside my window, with the blue Australian ensign flying in the breeze. A glorious sight to many. But for an Aboriginal person, especially a cultural Aboriginal person. the sight gave me no thrill.' (Introduction)