Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says it is “deeply disappointing” the Liberals are opposing the Voice to Parliament and voting no as it is “obviously a sense of betrayal”.
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy says it is “deeply disappointing” the Liberals are opposing the Voice to Parliament and voting no and it is “obviously a sense of betrayal”.
“There is a deep disappointment, I would certainly say to Peter Dutton that remember this has been a product of two parties walking together since John Howard … it is obviously a sense of betrayal,” “This always has been about what First Nations people have invited Australians to consider, and that is to enshrine the voice in the constitution … this was the First Nations people who gathered Uluru, it’s their idea their invitation, and it’s not up to us to change that,”
“There is an opportunity here, certainly through the parliamentary process if we have a successful referendum, it will be the parliament that determines all of these things … if we have a successful referendum is going to come down to each and every one of us who are in the parliament.”
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