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"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s hope for a bipartisan approach on the Voice
to parliament referendum has crumbled.
Late last year, the National party declared it would oppose the proposed model,
while the Liberal party did the same earlier this month.
Nationals Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said the current Voice model “lacks
detail”, “divides us along the lines of race”, and that it’s “a way to push
people into feeling guilt for our nation’s history”.
And Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said “it is divisive and won’t deliver the
outcomes to people on the ground”.
If these words sound familiar, that’s because in the late 1980s, the Coalition
used the same arguments to oppose the creation of another First Nations
advisory body, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC).
Indeed, the Coalition has a long-held opposition to an empowered Indigenous
advisory body, and Dutton is parroting a well-rehearsed Coalition songbook."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
