Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. In July 2019, speaking about the matters that a federal treaty could cover, the minister said, 'It could be about fiscal arrangements.' Does the minister now stand by that statement?

Government mem bers interjecting—

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

What a joke!

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The House will come to order so I can hear the Minister for Indigenous Australians.

Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Hume for his question. Let us be extraordinarily clear: the Voice will be a committee of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that will give advice. As the Prime Minister says, it is about the validity and the power of those ideas. The Voice will also include Indigenous Australians from every state and territory and the Torres Strait Islands, and representatives from the regions and remote communities. Members of the Voice will be chosen by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our local area and serve for a fixed period.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The minister will pause. The member for Hume on a point of order.

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On relevance, it was a very specific question about fiscal arrangements in a treaty and a statement that was made by the minister.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The minister for regional development will cease interjecting. The minister is a minute in. I'm going to ask her to return to the question and to make sure she's being directly relevant.

Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Voice referendum is on 14 October, and I invite you to get onboard.