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First meeting of the Voice Co-Design Senior Advisory Group

13 November 2019
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
A group of 15 people stand together. Minister Ken Wyatt is in the cente of the image.

The Senior Advisory Group guiding the co-design process to develop an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice met for the first time in Canberra today.

The Senior Advisory Group guiding the co-design process to develop an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice met for the first time in Canberra today.

The meeting was focussed on how the Group and process will work, and advice on the membership of the Local & Regional and National Co-Design Groups.

Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP, spoke to the Group highlighting the opportunity the process presents for meaningful and long-lasting change for Indigenous Australians and the entire nation.

The Voice Co-Design Senior Advisory Group meeting communique is now available.

Read the Minister’s speech to the Group.

Read more about the Senior Advisory Groups and co-design process.