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The Voice referendum: Cheating the People - Quadrant Online

It is perfectly clear a law not submitted to voters cannot be approved by them and, therefore, cannot be presented to amend the Constitution. Here behold the Voice referendum question's sleight of hand: the short question Australians are being asked to endorse or reject is not -- repeat is not -- what would be added to the Constitution. Should 'Yes' succeed, it will prevail only until the High Court inevitably rules against it
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An Indigenous Voice: Truth, treaty and reconciliation

'We have a lot of work to do if there is to be any prospect of a successful referendum on the Voice to Parliament, which Indigenous people have put to us as the mode by which they want to be recognised in the Constitution. They have said they want a Voice. Now, we can debate whether it be a Voice to Parliament or a Voice to Parliament and government, or a Voice just about particular laws.' By Frank Brennan
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Western Australia becoming independent is 'comic nonsense'

Suggestions that Western Australia could survive if it seceded from the rest of the nation have been mocked as comic nonsense by a legal expert.  Premier Mark McGowans coronavirus border closures have reignited debate over whether the should become independent from the rest of the country. Proponents argue huge iron ore and gold deposits make it not only self-sufficient, but regularly subsidising other parts of Australia. But constitutional lawyer Professor Greg Craven argued the WA economy ...
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