Anthony Albanese said the newly released advice 'puts to bed the absolute nonsense of Peter Dutton and Barnaby Joyce'.
"In my opinion, [it] ... is not just compatible with the system of representative and responsible government prescribed by the Constitution, but an enhancement of that system," Mr Donaghue wrote in part of the 24-page document.
Mr Donaghue said whether the executive would be required to consider Voice advice was more open to interpretation, but said that would be a matter for parliament to legislate.litigation in the High Court"The suggestion ... [it would] clog up the courts, or cause government to grind to a halt, ignores the reality that litigation concerning the validity of decisions of the Executive Government is already very common, and that it does not have either of those consequences," he said.
“A whole lot of nonsense arguments have been put up, including [about] the solicitor-general's argument. There'll be another one,” he said.
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