Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

One of the incredibly important design principles of the Voice to Parliament is that it will work alongside and with existing organisations and traditional structures. The Coalition of Peaks is fundamental to the Closing the Gap targets, and the Voice will be able to work alongside the Coalition of Peaks in terms of the implementation plan. Let us remember that, when the opposition came into government last time, they cut $500 million out of the Indigenous affairs budget, and that had a devastating effect. This country does not want to see further disadvantage. The Voice is about practical outcomes and recognition, those two things. That is what you need to understand.

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