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

I respect the fact that you oppose the Voice. You say that your constituents oppose the Voice. That may or may not be true; I can only take what you are saying at face value. I do note that the four land councils of the Northern Territory have come together to support the Voice, representing thousands of Aboriginal people from across the remote and regional communities of the Northern Territory. Many other large groups representing Indigenous people have done the same thing. But I respect the fact that you may have a different view on that.

But, again, I think the essence of your question is the point about disadvantage of First Nations people. I have seen the statistics about the significantly poorer outcomes for First Nations people as a whole—on housing, on health, on educational attainment, on life expectancy, on incarceration—but, if you think that doesn't represent the situation correctly, then that's a matter for you.