Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s insistence on the Voice to Parliament fixing Aboriginal poverty and dysfunction is a “con”, says Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“Is that why there were so many tears at today’s press conference, or were the Prime Minister and the Indigenous Affairs Minister just moved by how good they seemed,” Mr Bolt said.
“That’s a con, Aborigines have been consulted endlessly, look at the 3,000 Aboriginal corporations, the more than 30 land councils, the gigantic National Indigenous Australians Agency.”
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