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

Again, it would be up to the Voice to decide what matters it makes representations on, as long as they are 'matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples'—that's the wording of the constitutional provision. As I said, the explanatory memorandum makes it clear that that would include matters specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, so if the issues that you're raising are specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, or if they are matters relevant to the Australian community but impact and affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples differently to other members of the Australian community, then that would be something that the Voice could provide representations on. But that's a matter for the Voice.