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The ‘inefficiency’ in Australia’s ‘dysfunctional Federation’
Following the failed Voice to Parliament referendum, George Williams AO has delivered a keynote speech disparaging...
27 November 2023
By Lauren Croft
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The role of lawyers in ‘mitigating the chilling effect of laws’
Following the recent Voice to Parliament referendum, lawyers can play a massive role in education around the Australian...
01 November 2023
By Lauren Croft
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The electoral law system is ‘incredibly fragile’ in age of social media
New social media platforms can result in “unregulated communication”, something this lawyer said can be dangerous...
24 October 2023
By Lauren Croft
Voice ‘legally safe’ and ‘will not result in excessive litigation’, says Law Council
The proposed Voice to Parliament is “simple, straightforward, safe and modest”, and lawyers have a duty to ensure...
29 September 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Legal Aid CEOs, 22 pro bono target signatories pledge support for Voice
The chief executives of two of Australia’s largest legal aid organisations, as well as over 20 signatories to the...
07 September 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
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
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
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
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
What role will lawyers play in the Voice to Parliament referendum?
Within this term of Parliament, the Albanese government will hold a referendum on whether to enshrine an Aboriginal...
06 October 2022
By Jess Feyder
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Bipartisanship on Voice to Parliament a must, says LCA
The Law Council of Australia has urged the new Parliament to progress a referendum on a First Nations Voice to...
26 May 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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