Labor elder-statesman Graham Richardson revealed why the government has 'poorly handled' the Voice to Parliament debate, taking 'Labor people' for granted.
Former Labor Minister and factional powerbroker Graham Richardson also revealed his own hesitancy about the Voice, arguing the government shouldn’t be taking the support of Labor voters like him for granted on the issue.
Stream your news live & on demand with Flash for $8/month and no lock in contracts. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 The former Labor senator, who held multiple ministries in the Hawke and Keating governments, said the issue of the Voice had “been poorly handled” and the Labor government had failed to bring the public with them.
Graham Richardson was a key figure in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments. Picture: Stephen Cooper, 1991Earlier on Tuesday Labor cabinet minister and former party leader Bill Shorten dismissed the Opposition’s calls for more detail about the Voice, accusing Peter Dutton of raising questions about the Voice in order to deliver “death by a thousands cuts”.
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