The Opposition and legal experts have expressed concerns that the executive government definition is “too broad” and could lead to public servants having to be advised by the Voice, according to Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“But from the government’s point of view, there are two critical words in relation to this,” he said.
“One is the word ‘may’ … this means there is no obligation for the advice to be taken or implemented.“Again, seen by the government as an important word, not being too stringent in terms of the ability for people to mount successful High Court challenges to insist the Voice be heeded to.” Mr Clennell said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese believes that with the government having received advice from former High Court justices, the current version of the wording “won’t cause difficulty”.
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