Retired Australian top judge and lawyers rebut opponents of Indigenous Voice Retired High Court Chief Justice Robert French addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.

Australia is following the US down a path of deep polarization that threatens to erode the fabric of the nation’s democracy, ... Ex-Top Australian Judge Warns of US-Style Division Over Voice.

The Voice is aimed at giving Australia’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policies that effect their lives. ... who retired as Australia’s most senior judge in 2017, ...

A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics are rebutting key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy body for the Indigenous population.

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Robert French, who retired as Australia’s most senior judge in 2017, used a speech to the National Press Club to […] CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former High Court chief justice and dozens of legal academics on Friday rebutted key arguments used in the public campaign against Australians creating an advocacy ...

Robert French, who retired as Australia’s most senior judge in 2017, used a speech to the National Press Club to urge Australians to vote to enshrine in the constitution a so-called Indigenous ...

Separately, 71 Australian university teachers of constitution law and other fields of public law signed an open letter published Friday that rebutted the argument that the Voice would be “risky.” ...