Treasurer Jim Chalmers has accused Peter Dutton of seeking to drip poison into the well of goodwill for the Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has accused Peter Dutton of seeking to drip poison into the well of goodwill forThe Coalition on Wednesday demanded
Mr Dutton used a post on social media to highlight the controversy, prompting Professor Langton to seek legal advice over what she called a “deliberate tactic” to denigrate her.As Labor struggles to control the Voice debate, Dr Chalmers used question time to hit back. He said Mr Dutton was taking “the weirdest whispers from the furthest fringes of social media” and legitimising them in parliament.
The No campaign says while its polling reflects the trend of the national published polls, in that the No case is growing, the numbers are not as strong. “She’s talking in her own words, about racism and stupidity being at the heart of the No campaign, and her defence seems to be that she is not saying that people who vote No are racist or stupid, she’s saying that the arguments they use are racist and stupid.Uluru Dialogue campaigners continue to speak to voters around the country, including answering questions about the proposal for constitutional recognition at Mount Druitt, in western Sydney.
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