House debates

Thursday, 22 June 2023

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice

2:31 pm

Photo of Keith WolahanKeith Wolahan (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Indigenous Australians. Yesterday the minister told this House that subsection (iii) of the Voice constitutional amendment means parliament will determine the functions and the powers of the Voice. Isn't it the case that subsection (iii) explicitly deprives parliament of that power to make laws, where those laws conflict with the Voice's powers under subsection (ii), and interpreting the scope of those would be a matter for the High Court, not this parliament?

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