The federal government has good reason not to release draft laws for an Indigenous voice before a referendum is held, an expert says.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urging him to release the details of legislation which would set up an Indigenous advisory body, which Labor plans to put to a national vote to change the constitution later this year.
Constitutional lawyer Anne Twomey said the point of the referendum was to put the voice into the constitution, ahead of the parliamentary process to flesh out the details.
