Senate debates Bills

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


Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians

10:02 pm

Senator, the matter for you is you previously just said, 'No, not all Indigenous Australians, or those of us of Indigenous heritage, are disadvantaged,' and yet your government is proposing a Voice to Parliament that paints all of us as being disadvantaged. You have highlighted the need for the most marginalised. You've read the statistics; well, I've lived it—that's my family, that's why I'm here, as part of a democratically elected group of Australians, representing those people. So, again, you've recognised their plight, you've recognised that not all of us are disadvantaged, and yet you can't answer the question: does this government consider Australians of Aboriginal heritage, every single one of us, as requiring special measures in the form of a Voice?

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