Exercise caution in going against your employer’s Voice position

Corporate Australia is increasingly taking positions on social issues, particularly given the growing prominence of...

23 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

The ALS freeze is ‘catastrophic’ and ‘appalling’

After the ALS was forced to freeze services across NSW last week, lawyers and legal organisations have called for...

22 May 2023

By Lauren Croft

Former Bar Association presidents call shadow A-G’s Voice comments ‘wrong’, ‘not correct’

In an interview with News Corp earlier this week, Senator Michaelia Cash said that the proposed Voice to Parliament...

11 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Victorian Bar members to vote on body’s Voice stance

Any decision by the Victorian Bar to support the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament, or not take a public...

10 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

LIV backs Voice

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

09 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Victorian Bar president rejects idea that barristers supporting Voice are financially motivated

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

01 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Former 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...

27 April 2023

By Jess Feyder

Voice ‘just and legally sound’, says Law Council

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

24 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Proposed 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...

21 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Professor 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...

20 April 2023

By Jess 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...

14 April 2023

By Jess Feyder

Shadow A-G resigns over Libs’ Voice position

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

11 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

The duty of lawyers to inform and be informed on the proposed constitutional Voice to Parliament

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

06 April 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Most 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...

06 March 2023

By Jess Feyder

Truth and recognition: Why we should change the test for Indigeneity

We must strive for a future where Indigenous voices have a space and are meaningfully listened to, writes Maya...

19 December 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

A-G’s ‘deeply personal’ commitment to stamping out racism

Federal Attorney-General, the Honourable Mark Dreyfus KC has detailed how his personal story has informed his...

10 November 2022

By Jess Feyder