Senate debates

Friday, 16 June 2023

Bills

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

10:11 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

This is a term which you're asking to include in our Constitution. The court, as you know, will give legal meaning to it. So we now need to drag it out through the parliamentary debate. This is the only resource to those actually referring. So what does the government mean when it uses the term, which will have legal consequences? You have chosen the term 'First Peoples of Australia'. Who are you referring to?

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