Legal experts criticise suggestions Indigenous voice will have veto power in parliament

No substance in it,' former chief justice Robert French says, while experts split on whether amendment should include executive government'

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Constitutional experts have criticised suggestions the Indigenous voice will have veto power in the Australian parliament, calling such prophecies doomsdaying" and distorting" of the truth.

Speaking at the first hearing of the joint select committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice referendum, a string of legal experts said the voice would be legislated to provide representations on relevant matters, akin to advice.

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