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

It's not a hypothetical situation, because, depending on the legislative definition that you use, you are going to end up, potentially, with people who may be eligible to serve on the Voice but then not receive other benefits, and vice versa. It's actually quite a serious legal issue in terms of the definition that you are using. You may be excluding some people here but allowing them here, but excluding them here and allowing them here—hence the consistency and the harmonisation of the definition.