No, the Voice proposal will not be 'legally risky'. This misunderstands how constitutions work
- Written by William Partlett, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne
The “no” campaign’s primary argument in the current referendum debate focuses on the dangerous consequences of a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament.
This argument is relevant to the parliamentary debate about how a constitutional Voice to Parliament will be set up through legislation. But it has no bearing on the...