Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 June 2023

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

2:43 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Thorpe. All I can do is repeat what I've already said, which is that the expert panel on these issues has sought advice on the issue, and the advice was categorical that constitutional recognition does not interfere with or foreclose on First Nations sovereignty. I have just reminded myself of the members of that expert group—

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