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

Minister, you keep referring to the same standards as would apply to other federal government agencies. To work in the Public Service you need to undergo a police check and you need to be an Australian citizen. So what we are doing is interrogating information that you have now put into the public debate. It is your information booklet and you said it was to explain how the Voice will work. When I asked you whether or not they would need to undergo police checks, you stated: 'That would be a matter for the parliament.' That is already the case. Will the Voice members appear before estimates? That is an important question. They are getting taxpayers' money. Will they have to appear and answer questions before estimates committees?