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

There was actually a question about this in question time through the course of this week. As I've already said, the prerequisite to be eligible to be on the Voice is that you need to be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person according to the standard three-part test. In general terms, that test involves: firstly, being someone of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; secondly, self-identification as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; and, thirdly, acceptance as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person by the relevant community.