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

I don't quite know what you mean by 'aligned with particular organisations'. Aside from the prerequisite that members need to be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the exact requirements for numbers and the geographic spread of the members of the Voice will be settled by the parliament. It's worth making the point, Senator Cash, that it would appear that you think the government should be able to answer every single question about how the Voice is constructed, what it can do and who is on it. That sort of defeats the purpose of the Voice, which is to listen to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on these types of matters.