5 May 2023 Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum Question 1

Replacing subsection (ii) with “The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Ministers of State for the Commonwealth on proposed laws and matters with respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on such other matters as the Parliament provides” [alternative 2] 3. [...] Alternative 3 would amend section 129(ii) so that it instead provides (changes made to current section 129(ii) of the Constitution Alteration in red): the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth Ministers of State on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 8. [...] Alternative 2 would amend section 129(ii) so that it instead provides (changes made to current section 129(ii) of the Constitution Alteration in red): the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth Ministers of State for the Commonwealth on proposed laws and matters relating with respect to Aboriginal and. [...] Function (b) purports to provide Parliament with the power to provide for the Voice to make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on ‘other matters’. [...] 11 See, Prof Anne Twomey, Submission 17 to the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum, Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum, (13 April 2023); The Hon Robert French, Submission 98 to the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum, Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait I.