Shadow attorney general quits frontbench less than a week after Peter Dutton announced Liberals would oppose Indigenous voice to parliament
Liberal MP Julian Leeser has resigned as shadow attorney general and minister for Indigenous Australians, less than a week afterLeeser, who is a supporter of an Indigenous voice, announced in a statement on Facebook on Tuesday morning he had resigned to campaign for a yes vote in the referendum.
“I’ve also tried to keep faith with my Liberal values. My desire to conserve our institutions like the Australian constitution with my desire to seek better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.”, to remove the Indigenous voice’s power to advise parliament and the executive from the government’s proposed constitutional amendment.
Leeser acknowledged “the support and good grace of Peter Dutton throughout the process and the faith he has shown in me”.
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