Indigenous Affairs, Indigenous Australians

Voice to parliament: Health, education, jobs and housing to be priorities from day one, Linda Burney says

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney says she wants the Voice to have a full in-tray from day one, and will ask it prioritise health, education, jobs, and housing.

To Peter Dutton and the nay sayers

when I meet with the Voice for the first time, I will say: “bring me your ideas on how to stop our people from taking their own lives, bring me your ideas on how to help our kids go to school and thrive, bring me your ideas on how we make sure our mob live strong and healthy lives, how we ensure more people have jobs, how we support families better.” and I will LISTEN

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