Liberal supporters of the Voice are mobilising to launch the party’s formal Yes campaign once a parliamentary inquiry settles on the wording of the referendum next month, hoping to double support inside the federal party room.
Only two Liberal MPs, Leeser and Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer, have publicly declared they will support the Yes campaign.
Many Liberal supporters of the Voice want the Albanese government to accept Leeser’s suggestion to delete clause two of the proposed amendment that empowers the Voice to advise the executive government as well as the parliament. They believe this would address concerns about the Voice’s potentially disruptive impact on the operations of government and make it easier for Coalition voters to support the referendum.
“There’s a column of support, I think, that could be unlocked if this proposal was de-risked ... I think you would double the group.” Members of the group chat said it has a less contentious name than the 1944 plot to overthrow Hitler, which resulted in all the conspirators being executed.The day before Liberal MPs went into the party room on April 5, their former colleague Fiona Martin sent some of them a text message urging them to be courageous.
“We have legal obligations through the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that Australia has supported since 2007,” Martin said.
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