Releasing voice advice would break precedent: Dreyfus

Mark Dreyfus said the solicitor-general's advice would not be released in line with past practice. Photo: AAP

Releasing solicitor-general advice on the Indigenous voice to parliament would break with long-standing legal practices, the attorney-general has warned.

The federal opposition has called on the government to release the legal advice presented on the voice to parliament, following the announcement of the question that will be put to the public later this year at the referendum.