Under the leaden sky of a brutal Canberra winter, the realities of a second year in office are sinking in for the prime minster as challenges pile up.
By Friday, Dutton was demanding Van quit parliament altogether. At the time of writing Van, who denies all the allegations, was refusing to go.
“I don’t tolerate the sexual assault of women. I’ve been very clear about that for many, many years, and it’s not a throwaway line for me,” Dutton said on Friday. “I believe it very strongly, and I believe that I had to act, and I did that, and I don’t have any regrets in doing so.” Although contending Van is entitled to presumption of innocence while the allegations are investigated by an independent parliamentary worksafe committee, Dutton has decided simultaneously that Van “doesn’t represent our values”.To the broader public, of course, it’s all an impenetrable blur and bears little relation to what’s keeping it awake a night.“Just punters thinking Canberra is a shitshow and no one gives a f--k about them,” said a Labor source as to how it looked from the outside.
Albanese will announce the date for the referendum in early August when he attends the Indigenous cultural Garma Festival in Arnhem Land. October 14 is the date considered most likely. The challenge will be to do so without annoying voters in the middle of an inflation crisis. If he talks about it too much, he risks a backlash, If he doesn’t push it, the referendum may well fail, with all the political consequences that will entail.In February, Labor’s national secretary Paul Erickson warned the caucus to focus on the cost of living and nothing else.
Penberthy, who co-hosts the 5AA breakfast show with Will Goodings, says it is as though the Voice has no bearing on people’s lives.
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