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Your questions answered on the Voice to Parliament [1]

['Amanda Dunn', 'Carissa Lee', 'Misha Ketchell', 'Notes The Conversation Newsroom']

Date: 2023-02-28 05:05:19+00:00

We asked readers what they would like to know about the Voice to Parliament. In the lead-up to the referendum we’ll be asking our experts to answer your questions. Thanks to the more than 9,000 of you who took part in the survey. We’ll update this page as answers come in.

What is the Voice, where did it come from, and what can it achieve?

What do we know so far about the Voice design and how it will work?

Why is the Voice coming before treaty?

What actually is a treaty? What could it mean for Indigenous people?

What do the terms “truth” and “truth-telling” mean?

What does Indigenous sovereignty mean?

What happens if the government goes against the advice of the Voice to Parliament?

Does the Voice give Indigenous people special treatment?

There are already several Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MPs in parliament, why isn’t that representation enough?

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