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The Council of the Law Society of NSW has announced it has resolved unanimously to support the Voice referendum.
In a statement released this morning, the council said the voices that were paramount concerning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples themselves.
They urged Australians to “prioritise these voices” by voting Yes at the referendum, adding that they believed the constitutional amendment proposed is a “modest one.”
In our view, the constitutional amendment proposed is a modest one, that appropriately leaves detailed questions of design on ‘composition, functions, powers and procedures’ up to Parliament. This approach accommodates the need to allow for the Voice as a body to evolve and improve over time, and to respond to the issues of the day.
We recognise the deeply compelling nature of the authentic, humble and practical request, contained in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, to be entitled to make representations on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Following consultation with our Indigenous Issues Committee, and the many solicitor members of our policy committees, the Council of the Law Society of NSW supports the proposal to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution.
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Swann: Labor ‘coming back’ to the economic debate
Sticking with Swann for a moment, he told RN Breakfast host Patricia Karvelas that Labor was “coming back” to the economic debate, but won’t budge from its commitments at the last election.
Asked about super profits tax, Swann danced around the question, and when asked about banks, said they were already “paying a lot of corporate tax”.
We are coming back to the economic debate and there may be more debate in some of those areas, but the government took commitments to the last election and it will stay true to the election commitments it took to the people.
There will be more debate on the economy. I can’t preempt what comes out of that.
There’s a whole series of steps they’re taking in international taxation and some people would like to see them do more.
[The banks] haven’t been engaged in that profit shifting that we’ve seen from some of the international companies that it has eroded the revenue base and which the government is addressing.
Updated at 18.31 EDT36m ago18.12 EDT
Wayne Swan welcomes Aukus debate at Labor conference
The former treasurer and current Labor president, Wayne Swann, has welcomed the potential debate on Aukus at today’s Labor national conference.
Swann told RN Breakfast he believed there was “broad support” for the government’s approach to Aukus:
I think it’s important we’re having the debate about our national defence and Aukus, and it’s appropriate that we do it at a national…
2023-08-17 17:26:53
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