Dear Friends,

Many of you may have read about Michael Pelly's report on the interview with Mr. Bret Walker SC published in the Weekend Australian Financial Review, March 10, 2023.

Michael Pelly notes that 'Mr Walker rejected the notion that the Voice gave Indigenous people special status, and that it could effectively act as a fourth arm of government because of the moral, political and legal force attached to its representations.'

To quote Mr Walker SC: "This power notion needs to be exploded ... it’s not the power to legislate. It’s not the power to administer the law. It’s not the power to adjudicate. So, it’s not legislative, executive or judicial.

“When one rapidly unpacks, the power they’re talking about is a power of influence ..."

And again: "I think, unpacked, that notion is one of the most depressingly unkind, anti-social views of this whole thing – ’don’t let’s have a Voice because it might give blackfellas some moral force. Really? Really? Is that we think? ..."

Michael Pelly's report can be accessed at: https://www.afr.com/politics/top-silk-bret-walker-attacks-doomsday-take-on-voice-20230310-p5cqzd

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Subhash