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

I thank the member for her question. I thank the member because the question relates to constitutional recognition. The Uluru Statement from the Heart is very clear, and, if people had taken the time to look at the principles that outline what the Voice will be about, they would have seen that one of them is gender parity. It is gender parity, which is very important and has been a very consistent theme, as Julian Leeser would be able to tell you, in the inquiry that he and Patrick Dodson undertook. The important thing about the Voice is this: it is absolutely about listening. It is about the establishment of an advisory committee that will provide advice to this parliament. It is also going to be made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and, as the principles say, it will represent local communities, it will be chosen by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and it is very clear in those principles.

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