Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the image of an Indigenous person who has died, used with the permission of her family.Nationals leader Matthew Canavan says it is time for the government to "get its hands dirty" and re-engage with Indigenous policy, so that tragedies like the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby are not repeated.Senator Canavan, a strident opponent of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, accused the government of running "scared" from Indigenous policy since its failure at that referendum in 2023.He said it was time for the prime minister to dust himself off."Since the defeat of the Voice, the government has effectively run scared from Indigenous policy, it seems to be doing nothing on this issue," Senator Canavan told ABC Insiders."The lack of action here concerns me If these camps continue without a proper economic base, the circumstances that people live in, the issues that they confront are going to be as tough as we've been confronted with over this past week."Senator Canavan praised former prime minister Tony Abbott, under whom he served as a minister, for his approach of spending time in community every year, and suggested Mr Abbott could be appointed as an adviser on the issue.