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Could the Voice really create a 'legal minefield'?

ABC News Daily
ABC News Daily
Episode • Mar 29, 2023 • 13m

We'll soon all be voting in a referendum on whether to create an independent advisory body to give First Nations Australians a Voice to Parliament. 

But now we know the wording of the question and the changes that would be made to the constitution, some lawyers warn it could open up a legal minefield. 

Today, Professor Asmi Wood, a constitutional law expert and an advisor on the Voice, on whether those concerns are valid. 

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Dr Asmi Wood, barrister, member of the Constitutional Expert Group and professor, School of Law, Australian National University, Canberra 

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