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

I thank the member for his question. The Voice to parliament, this referendum, is not about reparations. We have made that point on a number of occasions. It is about entrenching a voice, enshrining a voice in the Australian Constitution. It is about listening, it is about making sure that we, collectively as a parliament, get advice directly from First Nations people, and it will result in better outcomes. That is what the referendum is about. All of the things that you raised and others have raised are just attempts to play politics. This is above politics. This is about making sure that our founding document, the big lawbook of this country, reflects the truth about something that all of us should be proud of.

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