Today was my first question time experience. The first issue that was talked about was very interesting and also somewhat amusing. Senator Crossin asks a question of Senator Scullion about the recent Country Liberal Party fishing trip to Tiwi Islands off the coast of Darwin (a region previously declared a dry Aboriginal area). Senator Crossin asked if Senator Scullion had taken alcohol onto the island or if anyone in the party had done so and if he could explain reports concerning the presence of empty bottles and alcohol containers. Senator Crossin states that this would seriously compromise the government’s efforts to stop the ‘river of grog’ in the Northern Territory that has had a devastating effect on indigenous communities.
Senator Scullion predictably denied that he drank or had taken alcohol onto the island and stated that he did not at any stage actually set foot on land but was on board the boat the whole time.
A police investigation is being conducted but it appears as though the claims are unsubstantiated. If the claims are untrue it would be interesting to see how they originated and whether it was perhaps a rumour started by someone affiliated with the opposition. To me it seems as though it was a trivial claim made for political points scoring only.
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