Senate debates

Friday, 16 June 2023

Bills

Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023; In Committee

8:26 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Again, that would be a matter for the parliament, but also for the Voice. The design principles are very clear: the Voice would make representations to the parliament and the executive government on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. So it would be a matter for the Voice, if established following a successful referendum, to determine what matters it wants to prioritise. We've certainly made clear that we expect that those priorities would include matters such as housing, health and education, but what you're asking would be both a matter for the parliament in designing the Voice and then the Voice in terms of its own decisions. That's the point of the Voice.

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