House debates

Monday, 31 July 2023

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice

3:06 pm

Photo of Sussan LeySussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Women) | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. This month the Prime Minister told Ben Fordham that the Voice 'is not about a treaty'. But in May the Prime Minister said that treaty and truth telling are:

… very much a part of the next phase, if you like. And one of the things that a Voice to Parliament would be able to do is to talk about Makarrata—the need for agreement making and coming together after a conflict.

Why did this tricky Prime Minister say one thing to one group of Australians and completely the opposite to another?

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