Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected as “disingenuous” calls for more detail around the Voice to parliament.
, there remains an ongoing debate within parts of the legal fraternity about the potential for the High Court to interpret the Voice’s scope more widely.Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney and leading Voice campaigner Professor Megan Davis, who is a member of the expert groups advising the government on its referendum strategy, have both said that more detail will be forthcoming, but it remains unclear how granular this will be.
“This is no different to how other constitutional bodies are created. The High Court of Australia was recognised in 1901 and set up via legislation several years later,” she said in a recent statement.were not “fair dinkum” after the Liberal leader provided media outlets with copies of a letter he had written to the prime minister requesting answers to 15 questions on the Voice.“I want to look for national unity.
He further claimed the government’s approach would “ensure a dangerous and divisive debate grounded in hearsay and misinformation”.
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