Senate debates

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

2:18 pm

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

I have answered the approach the government takes as a matter of course, in response to the first question, but I would make this point. The proposed wording of the constitutional change makes it clear, amongst other things, that the structure and process associated with the Voice and its composition would be the subject of determination by the parliament. So, obviously, if the Australian people agree to the constitutional change that has been proposed, members and senators will have engagement on some of those issues, including the issues that Senator Nampijinpa Price raises today.

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