Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to 'an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru', after the federal Liberal Party rejects the proposed Voice to Parliament.
abc.net.au/news/noel-pearson-says-dutton-betrayed-country-in-rejecting-voice/102194904One of Australia's most prominent Indigenous leaders, Noel Pearson, has accused Liberal leader Peter Dutton of rejecting the Voice to Parliament for his own political gain, after the federal party determined to go against its state colleagues and campaign against the Voice in a referendum.
Mr Pearson likened Mr Dutton to "an undertaker, preparing the grave to bury Uluru", referring to the statement made by a conference of Indigenous representatives in 2017 that first proposed a constitutional change to introduce a Voice to Parliament. "We've taken a decision that we believe is in the national interest and the interest of Indigenous Australians," Mr Fletcher said.
"It certainly doesn't happen when the emphasis is always on Canberra and the politicians in Canberra ... this is not just about a Voice of the Prime Minister, as Peter Dutton has wanted to play here, this is about the First Nations people who gathered at Uluru after much dialogue across the country," Senator McCarthy said.Mr Albanese said the Voice was not about him, and it was not about Mr Dutton.
The Uluru Statement was the culmination of Referendum Council meetings with more than 1,200 Indigenous people, and a four-day First Nations convention made up of 250 delegates held at Uluru.
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