Mr TURNBULL (Wentworth—Prime Minister) (14:01): The position that the government has taken and that I've expressed is that we do not support entrenching in the Constitution a national representative assembly that only Indigenous Australians can vote for or be elected to. We take the view that every one of our national elected representative institutions should be open to every Australian citizen. We believe that is a fundamental part of our democracy and the rule of law. The reality is that if the policy that the opposition has now adopted were to be carried out, if that referendum proposal were to be put up and if it were to succeed—and I have no doubt that it would fail—that national representative assembly, elected by and composed only of Indigenous Australians as an advisor to this parliament on matters affecting Indigenous Australians, would constitute, in effect, a third chamber of this parliament. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my left! Mr TURNBULL: The opposition can shout as much as they like, but the reality is: there is not one bill that goes through this parliament that does not impact on and affect Indigenous Australians. The scope of that third chamber would get wider and wider, and a fundamental principle of our democracy would have been abrogated. The coalition will not support it. If the Labor Party want to advocate that at the election—and it appears they do—we will let the Australian people decide.