Senate debates

Friday, 16 June 2023

Bills

Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023; In Committee

7:22 pm

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

This is one of the good things about the Voice, Senator Cash, and why I'd encourage you to support it. It's not the government who would be making those decisions; it would be this parliament. Subsection (iii) of the amendment makes clear that these types of operational matters won't be a matter for the Voice. They won't be a matter for the government. They'll be a matter for parliament, and you'll have an opportunity to influence that decision, should the referendum succeed.

Comments

No comments