WfaAR’s submission to the consultation process for The Voice Co-design process is attached below. We support The Voice being enshrined in the Constitution as a necessary precursor to any vote on the Republic so the whole country can come together and make this change with everyone equally part of and participating in the process. This is business that must be concluded before decisions about a new form of government for the country are attempted. We also have concerns about the process chosen to flesh out The Voice: settling details about possible “models” (that word is enough to make our hearts quake in anticipation) before implementation because they bear a striking similarity to the many options on offer for establishing a head of state, however selected. Therein is the detail and therein are choices easily lending themselves entrenched disagreements, a NO case and a NO vote – quite apart from the essential disputation over whether The Voice should be legislated or enshrined in the Constitution in the first place.
Download: Submission to Co-design Voice Stage 2 Consultation [183KB, pdf]
