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

Senator Cash, as you well know, and you could be explaining to these people who you say are asking you these questions, the role of the NIAA is to support a minister, is to provide advice to a minister and is to deliver programs, whereas the role of the Voice is to provide a direct channel for the voices of First Nations people to make representations to government. I would've thought it's fairly clear that they are quite separate and distinct roles.