Premier vows to examine reform in last leaders’ debate before state poll but can’t prevent Labor opponent winning audience vote
When asked what he would do in the case the voice referendum fails nationally, Perrottet insisted he had made it “very clear to my ministers” that they needed to be consulting with Aboriginal peak bodies on all issues but was also “happy to” look at a state body.Minns also said he wanted to look at it and supported the start of a treaty process with First Nations people regardless of the federal result.“We support the voice, we hope it gets up,” the Labor leader said.
Both leaders struggled to answer a question from a young woman about how they were going to address issues in maternity wards across the state that she said were turning away patientsBoth made general comments about their plans to bolster the healthcare workforce but neither could answer specifically how this woman and others like her would be better off in maternity wards.
“I’m proposing… that we have the ability to sit down and negotiate with frontline workers, the people that saved us during the pandemic,” he said. Minns stumbled over repeated questions from an undecided voter over the cost of his toll relief strategy that he eventually said was costed at “more than a $100m” by the Parliamentary Budget Office, when the policy will cost $145m over two years.
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