The federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has launched his strongest attack yet against changing Australia’s Constitution to entrench Indigenous interests.
Dutton said the Indigenous Voice to Parliament would take Australia “backwards not forwards” and called it “regressive, not progressive.”
“It should be very clear to Australians by now that the prime minister is dividing our country not uniting us,” he told Parliament on May 22.
Debate on The Voice continues following the release of a parliamentary committee report which recommended the passage of the Constitutional Alteration Bill.
The Bill authorises the holding of a national referendum in Australia to decide on whether to embed The Voice into the Constitution. Debate is expected to be prolonged with around 70 federal MPs speaking on the Bill…