Senate debates

Friday, 16 June 2023

Bills

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

9:34 pm

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

The bottom line is that, if this referendum is successful, there will be a Voice that will be constitutionally enshrined, but what type of Voice it will be and how it works would all be matters for a future parliament. The government has set out its intentions. Should the coalition ever be elected in the future, it would have an opportunity to put forward its intentions and the parliament would decide those matters, just like we do every day of the week on any number of other things.

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