Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you to Senator Green for her supplementary question. Let's remember this: the Uluru Statement from the Heart was the outcome of 12 regional dialogues, in places like Dubbo, Broome, Ross River and Cairns, with representatives from right across remote and regional Australia. So the arguments that some make, somewhat mischievously, that this is all about what people in the cities want aren't correct. The Uluru Statement from the Heart was a historic First Nations consensus on the way forward. As part of that, the Voice to the parliament—