Social media posts claim the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to parliament1 includes a law which requires landowners to pay rent to Aboriginal councils.
The claim is false. There is no such provision or law within the voice proposal.
Examples of the claim can be seen in this Facebook post (archived here2) from January 29.
"Finally some truth is coming out about The Voice," the post states.
"On Sky this morning - it has been exposed that one of the insidious laws within this new Aboriginal race based parliament - will be that landowners will be required to pay 1% of their income in 'rent' to an Aboriginal council.
"This will also affect current rentors (sic) as the landlords will have to find this money."

Similar versions of the claim can be seen here, here and here.
Sky News segments aired in January (see here 3and here4) discussed the concept of 'paying the rent', but did not make the specific claim mentioned in the Facebook posts.
The posts have likely misinterpreted the Pay the Rent5 scheme, which is a voluntary program run by a grassroots collective of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people based in Victoria6.
The collective suggests non-Indigenous people pay one per cent of their income each year as rent, but does not say the scheme is exclusive to "landowners".
The funds do not necessarily go to an "Aboriginal council" but are distributed by the collective's Sovereign Body7 to help cover funeral expenses, community initiatives8 such as protests, and supporting families whose loved ones have died in custody.
Indigenous-led pay the rent schemes have been in practice since the 1970s and have always operated without government intervention9.
Another example is the National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisation's pay the rent policy10, which was in place throughout the late 1970s and 1980s and used to help fund Aboriginal controlled health and legal services.11
Professor Andrew Gunstone12, director of the National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice 13and associate deputy vice-chancellor reconciliation at Federation University14, told AAP FactCheck the voice had nothing to do with paying rent.
"The idea of a 'Pay the Rent' scheme has been advocated by some Indigenous people, in a range of forms over many years," he said in an email.
"However, it is definitely not part of the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum proposal. The Albanese government has released draft wording15 which is currently being considered by a joint parliamentary committee. This wording does not refer at all to any 'Pay the Rent' scheme."
The proposed constitutional amendment which Australians will vote on later this year16 allows for a voice to parliament which can make representations on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The proposal sets out that there is no obligation17 for the parliament and executive government to follow any representations made or consult the voice prior to enacting, amending or repealing any law, making a decision, or taking any action.

Details about how the voice would interact with parliament and government will be determined through legislation if the referendum is successful.
The federal government has released a set of design principles18 which include information on how the voice would operate.
The co-design19 report, led by Professor Marcia Langton20 and Professor Tom Calma21, also outlines the potential voice model.
Neither of these documents propose the voice would include a law requiring landowners to pay rent to Aboriginal councils.
RMIT FactLab debunked a similar claim made22 by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson23.
AAP FactCheck has addressed other claims about the voice to parliament here24, here25, here26, here27, here28, here29, here30, here31 and here32.
The claim likely misinterprets the voluntary pay the rent scheme run by a grassroots collective based in Victoria.
False – The claim is inaccurate.
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