by Chris Merritt | Dec 8, 2022 | Chris Merritt, The Voice: Uluru Statement
It can only be hoped this was a rhetorical lapse. If not, and the Prime Minister actually meant what he said, the voice will be more deeply flawed than previously believed. If Albanese implements the report he displayed in parliament, the problems will extend well...
by Chris Merritt | Dec 2, 2022 | Chris Merritt, The Voice: Uluru Statement
Yet we are seriously being asked to embed this unknown entity in the Constitution. Before that happens, we need to know how the government plans to implement the final report of the Indigenous Voice Co-Design Process which calls for an administrative structure that is...
by Chris Merritt | Nov 25, 2022 | Commentary
One of the great lessons from Covid-19 has been the need for checks and balances to ensure emergency powers are exercised with proper oversight and democratic control. This should have been clear from October last year when 26 Victorian barristers, including 23 silks,...
