Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that answer, and I can assure you later on in the night we will be going through the design principles in detail. In terms of genuine questions and wanting genuine detail, we are talking about the impacts of change to our Constitution. Now, the last time I checked, this is actually probably one of the most significant pieces of legislation to come before this parliament. So, with all due respect, the questions that I do have—that the Leader of the Opposition has already put to the Prime Minister—when I am out and about, are the questions people asking me every single day and I am unable to provide them with any answers. You are asking people to vote on this referendum later this year. This is a change that is intended to affect the way government works in this country. All we are doing, via these questions, is exploring how it will actually work in practice.

In terms of the second question: if the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice is permanently enshrined in our Constitution, what will be the prerequisites to be nominated as a Voice representative?