The ability of the Indigenous Voice to parliament to lobby ministers and government departments has come into focus as opposition MPs push concerns about the prospect of High Court challenges
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“If we don’t have a voice to the bureaucracy, then we’re going to have the status quo, which is public servants making decisions about us from Canberra ... and not really understanding communities themselves. So, that’s not a legally fraught issue,” she told ABC’sBut Liberal MPs have suggested narrowing the scope of the body’s advice to avoid the potential for High Court challenges could make the proposal more palatable to constitutional conservatives.
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg, the most vocal proponent of the Voice in the Coalition, said the Voice’s interaction with the executive branch of government, and whether this enlivened the jurisdiction of the High Court, was a pressing constitutional matter requiring consideration.“No one wants a transfer of power from parliament to the High Court; we want to avoid becoming like the US. It’s an issue that needs further investigation and we cannot skirt or duck these issues,” Bragg said.
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