Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Well, I would suggest that there's probably very little knowledge within these chambers of traditional Aboriginal culture, or at least acknowledgement of traditional Aboriginal culture, particularly in the context of—you mentioned gender balance. My lived experience when it comes to gender balance and recognising Aboriginal women is that women are not as important as Aboriginal men in traditional culture. That is why we can be married off at such a young age to older gentlemen. It is also a reason I am acutely aware of issues in remote communities around power imbalance. You did mention that at a national level there will be a requirement of gender balance in the Canberra members of the Voice. Why was there no mention of this with regard to voices that would be chosen from remote Indigenous communities?