Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

But there is a constitutional right to make a representation. A future High Court may determine that there therefore is an implied right for the government to notify the Voice and provide information to it to ensure that the Voice, as it is going to be set up, actually works. So basically you are asking every Australian to take an unknown, unquantifiable risk with their Constitution, with what I would say are potentially catastrophic consequences for government. In relation to the duty to consider, if the Voice makes representations to the executive government in relation to a matter, will the government be obliged to actually consider those representations?