Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine has admitted he and Senator Lidia Thorpe are “strange bedfellows” through their opposition to the Voice to Parliament.
He told Sky News host Chris Kenny he couldn’t “understand why people support the Voice” given the history of Indigenous organisations which have failed to create meaningful change on the issues faced by Aboriginal Australians.
Warren Mundine is on a unity ticket with Lidia Thorpe over opposition to the Voice. Picture: Dylan Robinson At ‘Invasion Day’ protests in Melbourne on Thursday, Ms Thorpe used her speech to push for a treaty over a Voice to Parliament.
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