Q+A host Patricia Karvelas was caught in a heated clash with a federal Labor MP after he continued to dodge questions about support for a treaty, following the defeat of the Voice referendum.
Appearing on the ABC program on Monday night, Patrick Gorman, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister, was questioned on the government’s commitment to the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a Voice, Treaty and Truth.
“We have just tried to deliver on that promise and we’ve got some feedback from the Australian people that that’s not the path they want us to take.”“I just want to get clarity because this is important … Are you saying that you think that the result you got was against the whole Uluru Statement?” When asked for final clarity on whether he fully supports the Uluru Statement, he said: “Every day I’ve sat in parliament I have supported the Uluru Statement but I also need to be very realistic that we have had a vote in a referendum about amending our constitution to implement it, that was not successful.”
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