Andrew Charlton (Parramatta, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's great to see businesses getting on board with the Voice to parliament. BHP supports the Voice to parliament, Wesfarmers support the Voice to parliament, Rio Tinto supports the Voice to parliament and businesses across Australia are lining up to support the Voice to parliament. They say that you need bipartisanship to get a referendum up in Australia. I'm pleased to say that we have it: Coles is supporting the Voice and Woolies is as well! And I'm pretty sure that IGA will get on board with the Voice, because we know that good local independents support the Voice!

Yesterday the opposition asked the question on everybody's mind: will the Voice to parliament affect the Reserve Bank of Australia? That's keeping people up at night, and I'm pleased to say that the banking sector does support the Voice. CBA has come out for the Voice, the National Australia Bank has come out to support the Voice and Westpac has come out to support the Voice.

Those opposite like to think of themselves as the party of business, but businesses are walking away from them on the Voice, just as they're walking away from them on climate change and just as businesses are walking away from them on fairness and gender equity. If the coalition doesn't even understand business support for the Voice then they have no business getting in the way— (Time expired)