House debates
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Questions without Notice
Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Voice
3:08 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
Ken Hayne, a former justice of the High Court of Australia, is someone who was chosen by those opposite to conduct royal commissions. Ken Hayne is reported as saying:
A lot of people have spent a long time trying to think 'well, what possible quirks, [legal] minefields, could there be?' I think there are none.
And another prominent lawyer, called Julian Leeser, said this: 'From the perspective of a constitutional conservative, this proposal I think has two distinct merits. First, the proposal is designed in such a way that it doesn't empower the High Court to strike down acts of parliament—
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