There are 11 First Nations members in Australia's 47th parliament, the highest number of Indigenous people in federal parliament to date. The minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, says the moment is 'historic'. The new parliament opened with a welcome to country by Ngambri-Ngunnawal custodian Paul House and Aunty Matilda House, followed by a smoking ceremony before the new parliamentarians sat for the first time. Greens senator and First Nations woman Dorinda Cox was nominated by he