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

How is it part of the scare campaign to ask the minister representing the government that is putting this question to the Australian people what the interpretation of section 129(ii) actually means? What I am now worried about is this: the Voice can make representations to the Fair Work Commission, the Office of National Intelligence, the Australian Electoral Commission, the Reserve Bank, Airservices Australia, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Defence Housing Australia, the National Indigenous Australians Agency, the Department of Parliamentary Services, the Attorney-General's Department, the Department of Home Affairs, NBN Co, Snowy Hydro Limited, the Australian Submarine Corporation Pty Ltd, and the Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd. Just for the benefit of the Hansard, what you are actually saying to the Australian people is that if you ask reasonable questions about how the Voice will work and what it will do, you are 'feeding a scare campaign'. So, Minister, I ask you again, in relation to the legal interpretation—you have lawyers with you—of section 129(ii) and the term 'executive government of the Commonwealth', does it include Commonwealth companies? Does it include, for example NBN Co, Snowy Hydro Limited, the Australian Submarine Corporation, Australian Naval Infrastructure Pty Ltd?