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

I know that you're seeking a range of new political arguments against the Voice, but the fact is that many of the questions that you've asked are matters for the parliament. I do hope that you and your colleagues participate in that debate when it happens, should the referendum pass. But I'm sure, Senator Cash, you're very aware that it's not the purpose of the Constitution to spell out in prescriptive detail how every aspect of government works. That's why we have acts, that's why we have bills—to deal with that detail. We have regulations. And this will be no different. So this bill, as you well know, is about recognising our First Peoples in our Constitution through a voice to parliament—that's all; nothing more, nothing less.