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Misleading: The executive government must take into account relevant representations from the voice to parliament or else be at risk of judicial review under administrative law. The claim Australia’s executive government must take into account relevant representations from the voice to parliament or else be at risk of judicial review under administrative law is misleading. Experts told AAP FactCheck this would only be the case if parliament legislated it to be so – or if it was argued legislation implied it to be so. While this could happen if and when parliament puts the voice into legislation, it is misleading to say it will definitely be the case. Parliament could equally decide to legislate that the executive does not need to consider relevant representations. Experts also said the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment makes it extremely unlikely there will be any constitutional implication requiring representations to be taken into account. (Source: Australian Associated Press - AAP)