I address the Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Bill 2009 on behalf of the Liberal-Nationals Coalition. I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. I thank their elders, past and present, for their custodianship of the land on which we meet.

I applaud Dr Kaye for bringing this motion forward today because it is an urgent matter. It is important. As we all know, a number of TAFE teachers were outside Parliament House today.

It is my view that any society should be measured by the way in which it treats its most vulnerable citizens, and in relation to the Program of Appliances for Disabled

As a former small business owner and operator I understand first hand the enormous imposition that payroll tax has on small businesses in this State and Labor's failure to address the monkey on the back of this sector.