Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

The Voice is not about defence. The Voice is not about parking tickets. The Voice is not about any of the issues that we've been hearing those opposite talk about. They have been doing everything to talk about what the Voice is not, rather than what the Voice is.

In July I had the enormous privilege to attend the Yule River Bush Meeting, where there was a call to action around the issues that affect First Nations people is in the Pilbara. They were talking about housing. They were talking about education. They were talking about community safety. These are the issues that go to the persistent and stubborn gap that exists between non-indigenous and Indigenous Australians when it comes to social disadvantage. That is what the Voice is going to be focused on.

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