Senate debates Bills

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


Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Cash WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

2:11 am

CASH (—) (): Under the third design principle, there is a statement to the effect:

The Voice will have balanced gender representation at the national level.

The main way you'd do this is through quotas. How will the government decide whether an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community—we've discussed communities earlier today—is allocated male or female representation?

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