Scott, you initially posted:
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cheers ejd... ATO laws apply to everyone equally. so no, the Voice will not be able to advise on taxation or to advise the ATO.
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Well, the aged pension laws also apply everyone, but you now say that the Voice should be able to advise the Parliament ????
What about criminal laws ?
Your logic is flip flopping.
As for advice only !
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As I said initially, the wording is vague - this suited the activist narrative, but has scuttled the fundamental objective and intent sold to the voting public - IMHO it is really good that the activists played their cards so early so we all could see the deception and power grab.
"A bridge too far"
I was initially a soft NO, but now after researching, a hard NO - you have helped, thanks.
As a taxpayer, I now want to know where all the billions of $ are going without any significant improvement to the problems.
Time for a Royal Commission into the whole industry (it may well turn out that "business model": is a more appropriate description).