29K views · 665 reactions | “It is a difficult pill to swallow as First Peoples to yet again have to ask others to respect us, our place, our culture, our families in this country when we know we have been here well over 60,000 years.” Senator Malarndirri McCarthy - Northern Territory used her first speech in the Senate to call for “a vision for the north” and consider the Northern Territory as the seventh state of Australia. | SBS News | Facebook