Senate debates

Friday, 16 June 2023

Bills

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

7:44 pm

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

So we've already got 500 communities, and that's counting only the Northern Territory and Western Australia, which are fundamentally different from New South and Victoria, just for anybody listening. The issues there are completely different. Senator Nampijinpa Price is from Alice Springs; she knows that. Anyone who has been to Roebourne in Western Australia knows that. The issues that are faced in Roebourne in Western Australia are different to the issues in New South Wales. Anybody who has been to Laverton—and the Prime Minister of Australia hasn't—know that the issues faced in Laverton are fundamentally different to the issues in New South Wales. Given that we've established that there are around 500 communities, just as a guess, in two states, will there be at least a representative from each community?

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