Senate debates

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Questions without Notice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

2:49 pm

Photo of Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I go back to my previous answer. The Voice will be an advisory body. It will make representations to government on issues that affect their communities. They are matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and which affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people differently. I think we can all accept that there are a number of those areas—including employment opportunity, education, housing, payment support, life expectancy and incarceration—where governments, with the best of intentions and the best of—

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