...did, however, participate in debate to allow the Senate to debate the motion of Senator Neville Bonner "That the Senate accepts the fact that the Indigenous...prior to the 1788 First Fleet landing at Botany Bay, urges the Australian government to admit prior ownership by the said Indigenous people, and introduce...

...Senate adopted a motion of Senator Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal Senator, officially recognising that 'the indigenous people of Australia, now known...prior to the 1788 First Fleet landing at Botany Bay'. That this seemingly simple statement of fact took Bonner months of negotiation before its adoption...