Procedure and House Affairs committee  The member has indicated that it does limit his ability to contribute to debate on behalf of his constituents.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The population of the Northern Territory is around 230,000 people. Around 70,000 of those are aboriginal people, and around 60% of those 70,000 speak an aboriginal language every day as their first language.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will give you a brief outline of our jurisdiction and the matters around languages and use of language. The Northern Territory is a large land mass on the Australian continent, with about 18% of the land mass, but only 1% of the Australian population li