Government frontbencher Amanda Rishworth says she won’t be afraid to receive advice from a voter-endorsed Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Government frontbencher Amanda Rishworth has declared she won’t be afraid to receive advice on her portfolio from an Indigenous voice to parliament if the body is endorsed by voters.The comments from the social services minister followed the release of a cross-parliamentary committee report, which backed laws to set up a referendum that would enshrine the Voice in the Constitution.
Legislation enabling the referendum is likely to be brought to parliament in June ahead of the public vote, to be held between October and December.
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