Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney has used the 15th anniversary of the historic apology to send a message to those, including Peter Dutton, who walked out of parliament as then-prime minister Kevin Rudd read it out.
Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney urges Peter Dutton not to make the "same mistake" on the Voice after he boycotted the historic apology.
Mr Dutton said he regretted his decision to boycott the apology after he became opposition leader last year in May.Greens will back Voice to Parliament after Lidia Thorpe quits party Ms Burney said the apology was also the "catalyst for important practical change" including Closing the Gap targets. Deputy Liberal Leader Sussan Ley said the coalition supported constitutional recognition, but the government had made the mistake of tying it to the Voice, an advisory body that it can't properly explain.
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