PoliticsVoice to parliamentPrint articleTop silk Bret Walker attacks ‘doomsday’ take on VoiceMichael PellyLegal editorMar 10, 2023 – 1.51pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginAustralia’s leading constitutional law silk, Bret Walker, SC, has denounced lawyers who are picking holes in the referendum proposal for the Voice to parliament as purveyors of “doomsday scenarios”.Mr Walker also dismissed the notion that allowing the Voice to also advise the executive government was problematic because it could lead to litigation, and said those who complained about its potential influence were “being racist”.Loading...Michael Pelly was The Australian Financial Review’s legal editorSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreVoice to parliamentLegal professionIndigenousAFR WeekendLatest In PoliticsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineHow much to tip? And other restaurant conundrums to chew onJill DupleixIbiza’s ditching its party image. It reflects a wider phenomenonThe next trend in hotels? Ones you don’t check out ofBOSS Financial ReviewHow this CEO drafted a report while cooking noodlesHannah TattersallThese execs studied offshore MBAs. Here’s what they did nextThe CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AILife & LeisureThe architect of Melbourne’s Eureka Tower is inviting you to his homeMax AllenThese innovative electric ferries look like nothing else on the waterWhy this celebrated photographer gave up the camera and embraced AIRich ListShuffle follows Stake into the gutterPrimrose RiordanToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fire‘How very Sydney’: Justin Hemmes forced to unleash charm offensive
