Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected as “disingenuous” calls for more detail around the Voice to parliament.
A constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice will be “subservient” to the parliament, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted as he rejected as “disingenuous” repeated demands by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and others for more detail on how the body will operate.
“What this idea is pretty simple – that we will do it with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.” Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney and leading Voice campaigner Professor Megan Davis, who is a member of the expert groups advising the government on its referendum strategy, have both said that more detail will be forthcoming, but it remains unclear how granular this will be.
“And that’s why I was disappointed to pick up the paper and read that apparently, he had written to me, but forgot to actually write to me. He just gave it to the newspapers, which is the first time that I heard about this correspondence and to me, that isn’t fair dinkum.
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