The former prime minister said he was happy to support anything “designed to alert people about the dangers of this Voice proposal”, Sky News Australia can reveal.
Mr McGowan has campaigned in favour of the Voice, urging the public to support a change to the Constitution and ignore “scaremongering” in the lead-up to the referendum.
“On two occasions, he has arrogantly evaded answering the question and continues to keep it secret,” Mr Goiran said. The petition calls on the premier to deliver to Parliament within 14 days of its tabling “all briefing notes and similar documents he received on the proposed ‘Voice’ prior to him making his public declaration of support”.
Former PM Tony Abbott is supporting a petition calling on WA Premier Mark McGowan to release the advice he received on an Indigenous Voice. Picture: Sky News Australia “We should not be asked to make a forever change to the way we are governed without having all of the legal advice well and truly before us.”
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