And we all know, don't we, that... you know the frontier wars played a very pivotal part in eliminating aboriginal people and you know you you did have the mounted police and from 1798 onwards and now shouldn't we not having having history repeat itself and start to have better patterns with the police

the mounted police is a great example to point to because that was a situation where new south wales introduced these powers, introduced the Mounted Police under the guise of fighting organised crime.

So this was a time where bush rangers were around in the community and the New South Wales government introduced the Mounted Police to combat that.

But what we saw was those Mounted Police quickly were used to fight the frontier wars, the Wiradjuri wars in particular, and I think there's historical evidence to suggest that it was always the purpose that those mounted police would get involved in the frontier wars, but the laws were passed to combat organised crime.

And we see that play out today in the laws or the powers that police are given.

A great example of it is consorting warnings were introduced, laws to prohibit people from associating together if they have been given a warning that those people who have a criminal history, police can give someone a consorting warning saying you two are no longer able to associate with one another.

Those laws were introduced to combat organised crime in New South Wales, but reports or reviews into those laws have shown that they've been used disproportionately on Aboriginal communities, including the young people.

I mean, I think really, like we've talked quite a lot about history and the fact that, you know, the Mount of Police and then this happening as well, it's all connected, isn't it? And the fact is that Aboriginal children are being targeted more than non-Aboriginal children, isn't it? And we need to actually

When did they become something that genuinely shapes strategic decisions? What changed?

I think talking about how it's developed at LCP, I think probably five years ago, we talked about a CSR.

It was something that was kind of a nice to have.

It's the kind of nice stuff happening around the edges, volunteering, doing good on the side.

And And I think you're right.

I think it has changed a huge amount over the last few years.

It's really kind of developed into something that we talk about.

Kate, would you like to comment?