Nationals leader David Littleproud says Australia will be revisiting “the mistakes of the past” if the government implements a Voice to Parliament.
“It won’t shift the dial, because you’re gonna have seven or eight representatives of regional Australia; they’re gonna be
representing hundreds of communities across hundreds of thousands of square kilometres,” Mr Littleproud told Sky News Australia.
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