Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

There have been reports to this parliament. Indeed, the member for Berowra said this in his speech on the tabling of a joint select committee report in 2018, and I agree with him here:

The voice will provide a mechanism for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be consulted and engaged on the policies and laws that affect them … Such a process has as its goals better social and economic policy outcomes for our First Nations people.

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I find it astonishing that there are interjections during an answer such as this. The fact that this has been around—

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