Human rights commissioner’s view of Indigenous voice ‘likely to mislead voters’, five predecessors say
Exclusive: In joint statement former Australian human rights commissioners say opinion piece by Lorraine Finlay made ‘serious error’
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Human rights commissioner Lorraine Finlay has made a “serious error” that is “likely to mislead voters” by claiming that the Indigenous voice to parliament “undermines the foundational human rights principles of equality and non-discrimination” in Australia, according to five former human rights commissioners.
In an opinion piece published in the Australian on Thursday, Finlay wrote that as a former constitutional law academic, she did not consider the voice to be a “modest proposal”.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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