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Circling back to the interview with the shadow treasurer,is asked about the Indigenous voice to parliament as the “Yes” campaign officially launches. He’s continuing the opposition’s demand for more detail, staying quiet on what the chances are the Liberals will vote for the bill.Well, I’m waiting to see what it is. This is the point - the detail really matters. This has potential to be a very substantial change but we don’t know the details.
Now, we have come to this in good faith. We recognised there [are] real challenges in Indigenous communities that need to be addressed. We want to see those issues addressed on the ground, absolutely, there is no question about that.
You also wanted each side funded. The government is ruling that out completely. What would you say the chances are of the opposition actually voting to allow this bill to go through next month?Well, we will know the answer to that when we get more detail, and we have said this consistently. We want to see that detail. Australians want to see that detail.
As I get out and about and talk about this and other issues I consistently hear people saying, “well, I don’t understand it,” and that is a really reasonable point to make and a really reasonable question to ask - what does this really look like? What is the detail? We look forward to seeing that and we will suspend our judgement until we can come to that. I hope we see it in a timely way.
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