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

I can just confirm, then, that the design principles have no legal force and, in terms of what the consequences are if the government fails to implement the design principles, there are none. So, ultimately, these two pages here, which you're telling the Australian people they should have a look at, in addition to the handy little brochure, actually have no legal force and there are no consequences if the government actually fails to adhere to these design principles. And what we established earlier on in the evening is that it doesn't really matter what the design principles themselves say; if the referendum is successful, ultimately it's the parliament that decides.

Can I go to the first design principle? The first design principle is that the Voice will give independent advice to the parliament and the government. That's what it states. How will the government guarantee that the Voice representatives are not aligned with any political party?