Does Australia's proposed indigenous voice to parliament carry "authority"?

This article describes the proposed agency in sufficient detail to show that it would communicate indigenous concerns directly to parliament (that is, give advice) but would not have authority over parliament's decisions. The description seems clear to me. If I were Australian, I would vote yes to that.

However, the article says that changes demanded by right-wingers would have "reduced the authority of the voice’s advice." The use of the word "authority" in regard to it makes me wonder if there is a crucial misunderstanding at work here — if the words "advice to parliament" would be interpreted as implicitly giving the voice some sort of authority over some aspect of parliament's decisions.

That would make non-aboriginals second-class citizens in Australian democracy.

If I were Australian I would want an explanation of what "authority" means in this context. Is it a real issue or just a poor choice of words?

J Street recommends ways for the US to pressure Israel against annexation of Palestine.

Analyzing how the US social, economic and legal systems keep poor people poor.

The Tories say they will end their inhumane policy of having bureaucrats arbitrarily disbelieve doctors' assessments that some specific person is disabled and needs specific kinds of state aid.

Such policy decisions can transform a capable and independent person, perhaps employed despite a disability, into a helpless cripple. That change often entails no alteration in the person in question: a change in how society treats per is enough.

Is this really the cruelest social policy of modern times? I don't know. Australia's off-shore immigration prison, which the UK is planning to imitate, could give it strong competition.

Don't believe this promise until it really happens. Tories often say they will make a change for the less cruel and then don't actually do it.

The Tories are about to hold a vote on giving rich people permission to put any quantity of money into a tax-free retirement and inheritance account. This would be a big tax cut for the rich.