ANALYSIS: Two words seem innocuous on paper but they're causing Albanese a world of pain
made clear that those with concerns about the wording are far outnumbered by the other legal experts backing it.
For constitutional conservatives like Craven, the prospect of activist judges being able to intervene is enough to keep them awake at night. In her testimony to the hearing, she also cast doubts that executive government was as wide-reaching as some might seek to argue. She pointed to previous High Court rulings that found the term extended to ministers and government departments but not statutory bodies with their own legal personality.Constitutional law experts are measured with their words. Barristers, meanwhile, come bounding with dramatic flourish.
Hayne, when asked if the Voice would have the power to veto any government decisions on national days like Australia Day, as some have argued, insisted that there was nothing in the wording "that comes anywhere near providing anything like a veto".The government points to the speech Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus gave in the parliament when he introduced the referendum legislation as proof no obligations exist.
To suggest it would be a body that spends its time lobbying the Reserve Bank or Defence Department seems a distraction from the issues at the core of this debate.
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