The Australian’s Legal Affairs Contributor Chris Merritt says he would describe the Voice to Parliament as a “publicly funded lobby group”.
The Australian’s Legal Affairs Contributor Chris Merritt says he would describe the Voice to Parliament as a “publicly funded lobby group”. “That’s seriously how you would describe it – it’s not necessarily elected,” he told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“It would answer to a subset of society.”Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
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