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

I thank the member for Hume for his question. Let us be extraordinarily clear: the Voice will be a committee of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that will give advice. As the Prime Minister says, it is about the validity and the power of those ideas. The Voice will also include Indigenous Australians from every state and territory and the Torres Strait Islands, and representatives from the regions and remote communities. Members of the Voice will be chosen by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in our local area and serve for a fixed period.

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