Latest indigenous voice to parliament

Politics 09 May 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyLIV backs Voice

While acknowledging there is a “diversity of views” among its members, the Law Institute of Victoria has thrown its...

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The Bar 01 May 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyFollowing claims made in News Corp last week that pro-Voice barristers...

Following claims made in News Corp last week that pro-Voice barristers will benefit financially from the passing of such...

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Big Law 27 April 2023 ByJess FeyderFormer ABA, LCA presidents throw support behind Voice

Six silks, all of whom have served as presidents of the Australian Bar Association or Law Council of Australia, have...

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Politics 24 April 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyVoice ‘just and legally sound’, says Law Council

Australia has “unfinished constitutional business”, and the proposed Voice to Parliament should be passed in a...

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Politics 21 April 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyProposed Voice ‘enhances’ our Constitution, says Solicitor-General

In advice published earlier this morning by A-G Dreyfus, Solicitor-General Stephen Donaghue KC has stressed that the...

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Big Law 20 April 2023 ByJess FeyderProfessor Anne Twomey on the capacities and operation of the Voice

Recognised constitutional expert, Professor Emerita Anne Twomey spoke to Lawyers Weekly about the Indigenous Voice to...

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Big Law 14 April 2023 ByJess Feyder‘Close the gap in our Constitution,’ says NSW Bar

The nation’s oldest independent bar association has expressed support for the wording in the amendments proposed for...

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Politics 11 April 2023 ByJerome DoraisamyShadow A-G resigns over Libs’ Voice position

Julian Leeser has quit his roles as the opposition’s spokesperson for Indigenous Australians and as shadow...

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Politics 06 April 2023 ByMarie IskanderThe duty of lawyers to inform and be informed on the proposed...

As lawyers, we should not shy away from the difficult discussions to be had in the months to come. We should accept the...

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Big Law 06 March 2023 ByJess FeyderMost BigLaw firms are supporting the Voice to Parliament

With the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament potentially drawing near, Lawyers Weekly spoke with a number of...

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