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

Minister, yesterday in the other place Minister Burney said that the Voice was primarily about recognition and listening. Yet, earlier yesterday, Pat Anderson AO, a leading member of the referendum working group, told Radio National, 'It's really important for the voters to understand that this advisory body will be able to sit and negotiate with the parliament and the executive government of the day.' Can the minister confirm that the proposed voice will, as Pat Anderson AO says, be able to actively negotiate matters with parliament and executive government? (Time expired)