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

Again, the role of the Voice is to provide a voice to First Nations people on matters that directly impact on them. That is a different task to that of the Public Service, which is to provide policy advice to government, to implement government decisions and the various other activities that government undertakes. They are quite distinct features, and they are quite distinct work programs. So that is the answer to your question.