I feel strongly that the question on the ballot paper is not a faithful representation of the proposed amendment.
Here is the question ... "A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve of this alteration?"
However, I submit that the actual amendment is about a great deal more than simply establishing a group called a Voice.
It's also about giving the Voice a representation-making function over the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Peoples, even if those Peoples do not vote for them or select them or deselect them!
And it's about giving Parliament the power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures!
If this is so, then the question seems to be a misrepresentation of the question. Therefore, if the nation were indeed to vote 'yes' to this question, the referendum result could be open to a challenge in the High Court. Just my view.
https://stephenreason.substack.com/p/yes-its-a-no-the-voice-has-been-defeated
I feel strongly that the question on the ballot paper is not a faithful representation of the proposed amendment.
Here is the question ... "A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve of this alteration?"
However, I submit that the actual amendment is about a great deal more than simply establishing a group called a Voice.
It's also about giving the Voice a representation-making function over the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Peoples, even if those Peoples do not vote for them or select them or deselect them!
And it's about giving Parliament the power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures!
If this is so, then the question seems to be a misrepresentation of the question. Therefore, if the nation were indeed to vote 'yes' to this question, the referendum result could be open to a challenge in the High Court. Just my view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-862EFjhuWk
Here is a Sky interview along similar lines to the 'giving parliament power to do anything' line that is argued in my article.