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

The government acknowledges the significant work done over the past decade, including the proposal outlined in the Indigenous Voice co-design process final report, which was presented to the previous government—unfortunately, never acted on. The model presented in the Indigenous Voice co-design process final report will be part of the public discussion on the design of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. The design of the Voice would build on the work of Professors Calma and Langton, which emphasised the importance of local and regional voices. Consistent with the principle that the Voice be representative of the diversity of First Nations communities, the government is committed to ensuring remote and regional voices are heard through the Voice. That is why that statement is made in the design principles, as I have mentioned, I think, six times.