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political reporter Nicole Hegarty

Legal experts offer Voice to Parliament backing as referendum looms

Labor senator Jana Stewart at a parliamentary committee hearing into the Voice to Parliament referendum wording. (ABC News: Ross Nerdal )

Some of the nation's pre-eminent constitutional law experts have resoundingly backed the proposed Voice to Parliament during a parliamentary committee hearing in the nation's capital.

Former High Court justices and constitutional experts have dismissed criticisms about the scope and obligations to consult the proposed independent advisory body.

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