Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has renewed calls for a “respectful debate” on the Voice to Parliament after Pauline Hanson attacked the body and defended stolen generation policies.
Anthony Albanese has labelled One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson's remarks about the Voice as"not worthy of a prime ministerial response" after the One Nation leader delivered a stinging rebuke of the body minutes before the Senate successfully passed the referendum bill.
“I didn't see what Senator Hanson said, but I'm sure it's consistent with things that she said in the past," Mr Albanese said. The bill passed successfully minutes after Senator Hanson's speech. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman Senator Hanson also defended the historic forced removals of Indigenous children from their families.
“We don’t need more Senators, we need people with vision for the future of this nation. Not more members of parliament pushing their own agendas.”
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