Anthony Albanese has said he won't move to legislate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, should Australians vote against the constitutional change in this year's referendum.
Appearing in a podcast with 3AW's Neil Mitchell on Tuesday, Mr Albanese was pressed on whether he would legislate a Voice if Australians voted against enshrining the advisory body into the constitution. The Prime Minister maintained he would honour the No vote and the decision of the Australian people by not proceeding with a legislated body.
“Indigenous Australians, in spite of what has occurred to them are putting out their hand in a gesture of friendship and reconciliation and engagement," he said. A future government would have the potential to override it, requiring only the support of a majority of members in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
"That is whether it can be wiped out, because it can be changed - its composition, its procedures by simply changing the legislation.
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