Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. The Referendum Council delivered its first final report to the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition on 30 June. The report encompassed the outcomes of 12 regional dialogues, and the constitutional convention of over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, held at the foot of Uluru. The outcome of the convention was the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for the establishment of a first nations voice enshrined in the Constitution and seeks a makarrata commission to supervise the process of agreement making between governments and first nations and truth telling about our history. When is the government going to formally respond to the final report of the Referendum Council? And does the government have a timetable for progressing constitutional amendment?