PM says solicitor general’s advice on Indigenous voice refutes ‘absolute nonsense’ from Dutton and Joyce

Indigenous voice to parliament would enhance, not threaten, system of government, legal opinion says

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Australia's solicitor general says the Indigenous voice to parliament would not clog up the courts or slow down government decision-making through its power to advise the executive government, rebuffing a central claim of critics and the Coalition for opposing the body.

The proposed constitutional amendment would not pose any threat to Australia's system of representative and responsible government", according to the legal opinion from Stephen Donaghue, released by the federal government on Friday. Donaghue said the voice would enhance" the system of government.

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