Senate debates

Friday, 16 June 2023

Bills

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

11:51 pm

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

No. I refer to my previous answers. I think it's now up to seven times that I've said that the matters that the Voice will make representations on are matters specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or matters that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples differently to other members of the Australian community. Just as I'm not going to get into 'Yes, it can make representations on this and, no, it can't on that', I'm not going to get into the types of things that it can't or won't make representations on. Provided it meets those requirements, it can make those representations and it can make those decisions for itself.

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