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

Again, we're asking these questions because we haven't had the benefit of a constitutional convention. We've merely been provided some design principles and, as Senator Watt said, 'a handy little booklet'. But, quite frankly, it doesn't seem that we're getting any further in relation to finding out any more detail. So I ask you. When all of the Voice representatives come together, they will represent vastly different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures from across Australia. If they do not agree on the content of a representation or whether a representation should indeed be made, how will they resolve their differences? Will they vote like a parliament, will they write individual and joint opinions like a court, or will they be required to reach consensus, as in a treaty negotiation?