Indigenous Country Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has told Q+A she will 'probably not' be working to support a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Indigenous Country Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has told Q+A she will "probably not" be working to support a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.NT Senator Jacinta Price says she would likely not support the referendumOn Monday night's episode, which was pre-taped from Garma Festival and hosted by Stan Grant, Senator Price was asked by an audience member if she would work to support the referendum.
"I don't feel as though something like this needs to be constitutionally enshrined," Senator Price said."What they have done with their country, the way they educate their young people, have industry up and running —they have their own bauxite mine. "What we are talking about here is a permanent voice that no government can get rid of, that's why enshrinement is so important," Ms Burney said.
"The design of the Voice will happen after respectful, extensive consultation with First Nations people and the Australian community," she said."It won't be me deciding, that would be so wrong, it will be people that we consult with and build a consensus with that we will listen to. "We want to build consensus across the parliament, and I am so happy to see Peter Dutton is open to this, David Littleproud is open to this and the Australian people are ready," she said."We wouldn't be embarking on this exercise if there was not a belief the tide wasn't with us."However an Indigenous Voice has been floated before and independent Member for Mulka, NT and Yolngu elder Yiniya Mark Guyula remembers when treaty was discussed in the 80s.
"We have been ready for a long time, because I can talk about the example of the 1988 Barunga petition.
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