Labor senator and Aboriginal elder Patrick Dodson, in a speech yesterday (4 February 2023), said:

"There are some out there who are pressing for more detail. They will never get enough ... Our political process is in the parliament, and that’s where the detail is always settled and proposed. So don’t get distracted by the call for more detail …

"I hope that Australians will respond generously to this very simple request as the first step in us fixing things."

He stressed that reconciliation would go further, towards treaty and truth telling.

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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nonsense-and-mischief-pat-dodson-slams-critics-of-the-voice-20230204-p5chwi.html

Two reports will inform determination of the model for the Voice: one by Senator Pat Dodson and shadow Indigenous Affairs minister Julian Leeser, together with the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process report, by Professors Marcia Langton and Tom Calma.

The Langton-Calma report proposes a 24-person model covering 35 regions, with 3 options for selection of members.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-10/how-voice-to-parliament-could-work/101749746