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

Going back to the question on representation of Indigenous Australians and our different language groups, and also my curiosity around understanding of issues of traditional culture, for the sake of this exercise, Senator, can you please explain how, in a community of one language group, for example, where there are perhaps people of the same language group who are in disagreement with each other over issues, there will be a fair representation of those individuals, and not just one side? You did say earlier that you would hope that someone like myself would be able to contribute to this legislation should this Voice be successful, which I find quite humorous really because my advice is rarely actually sought in these chambers when it comes to my knowledge of traditional culture. Can you please explain for us how there will be true representation in some of these remote communities, particularly when you have communities who are in disagreement with one another? I would really like to understand this.

I received phone calls yesterday about an outbreak of violence in the community of Yuendumu where people are being attacked for having different viewpoints to other community members. So how will the Voice address this particular issue and ensure there is representation across the board for Indigenous people from these communities?