Australia’s most prominent barrister, Bret Walker SC, has waded into the Voice debate deploying the ‘R’ word. On the question of whether the current proposal would insert a fourth arm of government into the constitution, Walker SC said that lawyers who criticise the amendment while describing it as a fourth arm of government have racist ideas.
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Louise Clegg is a barrister. She has written extensively on the Voice and has published a paper ‘A modest voice can define and unite us’ which can be obtained from the Uphold & Recognise website.
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