Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

This is about government making better decisions, and it is an idea driven by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, supported by eight in 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Surely we all know the current approach is broken. We see First Nations people with a life expectancy eight years shorter than non-Indigenous Australians, the worst rates of disease and infant mortality, a suicide rate twice as high—

I am surprised, Senator McGrath, you would interject on these points—and fewer opportunities for education and training. The Voice is our best chance to fix this.

Honourable senators interjecting—