Former Indigenous Minister Ken Wyatt has quit the centre-right Liberal Party following the party’s decision to oppose changing the country’s Constitution to include an Indigenous advisory body.
“I still believe in the Liberal Party values but I don’t believe in what the Liberals have become,” he told the West Australian newspaper.
“Aboriginal people are reaching out to be heard but the Liberals have rejected their invitation.”
Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull applauded the move.
“He is a wise history-making leader and now with a referendum to win. We will be voting YES with millions of Australians,” he wrote on Twitter….