Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The question that will be asked is:

A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

Do you approve this proposed alteration?

That's the question. Here is the proposed change in the Constitution. The first bit is the recognition:

In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:

1. There shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice;

2. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to Parliament and the Executive Government—

the same words used by the shadow Attorney-General in his submission way back in 2014—

of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;

That's there. And then the third clause gives primacy to this parliament for what will be considered. It says—

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