Labor to introduce Voice bill as it cops legal backlash

The bill, which will be tabled shortly after 9am on Thursday, will legislate the referendum question and amendments agreed to by the First Nations Constitutional Working Group and cabinet.

The opposition and legal experts have scrutinised the inclusion of executive government when referring to who the Voice may “make representations” in the draft second clause. “That cannot be altered or limited by an act of parliament,” the University of Sydney’s Professor Anne Twomey toldUNSW Professor George Williams said while the government’s amendment gives parliament privacy “over most things” it did not prevent the Voice from giving advice.

“But if it made a representation arguing for tax deductions specific to Indigenous peoples or different zones or tax specific to Indigenous peoples, that would be matters it could make representations on because it is provided for by the constitutional change. It’s all about context.”

The only backlash are the cookers on the other side who's vote is not worth

The govt are subject to the aboriginals having a voice on all things that matters to them. Every decision matters to aboriginals so we will have litigation on every decision if they felt the voice wasn't herd. VoteNo VoiceToParliament VoteNOAustralia

This will destroy our country, wake up. Every decision can be challenge by the voice if it felt it wasn't herd.. Liberals should make easy work of this opposition that destroys democracy vote no

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