Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

The only person who is talking about an implied right here is you, Senator Cash. The Solicitor-General isn't talking about it. The former High Court judges are not talking about it. You're the only person talking about it. So I'm not going to give it any credibility whatsoever.

You did spend a lot of time, and the opposition spent a lot of time, demanding the Solicitor-General's opinion. It has been provided. We know you don't like it, but it confirms that the proposed amendment doesn't impose any enforceable obligation on the parliament and the executive to consult or follow the Voice's representations and that it won't fetter or impede the exercise of the existing powers of the parliament or the executive government. I know you don't like it. I know you'd prefer it didn't exist, but it does exist and it's been provided to the committee.