Mr Albanese said the Voice would not “form part of either the Parliament or the Executive Government, instead operating only as an advisory body to those two branches of government – the Voice clearly has no power of veto.”
“This is simply a matter of recognising Indigenous Australians in our Constitution and allowing them to make representations on matters that affect them,” Mr Albanese said in a media conference on Friday.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the “key points” from the Solicitor-General’s advice on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament “puts to bed the absolute nonsense of Peter Dutton and Barnaby Joyce”.
The Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said: "the voice was “an important reform and it is a modest reform – one that would complement the existing structures of our democratic system and enhance the normal functioning of government
