Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is showing “no signs” of support and is “undermining” the Voice referendum, according to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
“Would you think that there is any sign that in any of the times in which Peter Dutton has been asked a question about the Voice to Parliament, that have been any sign other than that he is undermining a support for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” Mr Albanese said during a press conference on Monday.
“I’ve had seven meetings with him, he’s met with the referendum working group – there are no signs, and he was a member of a government that did not release any cabinet papers or advice to the cabinet in the nine years in which he was a member of the cabinet.”
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