Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be represented across local and regional bodies as a first step to establishing Australia's first Indigenous Voice to parliament:
“It’s important to get this right. And, for the Indigenous Voice to work, it must have a strong foundation from the ground up," he said.
But the Indigenous Voice to parliament falls short of what Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups called for in the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart.
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