Senate debates

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

Bills

Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022; In Committee

12:14 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

ator FARRELL (—) (): I thank Senator Thorpe for the question. I reject the notion that any decision we've made to either support or oppose an amendment to this legislation is based on racism. That's certainly not the case, and every decision we've made is based on our commitment to ensuring an Indigenous voice to parliament.

On the issue of voting on the day: I don't know how many times I can say this to you, Senator Thorpe, but the objective of this piece of legislation is to create the experience—

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