Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the argument for another referendum “could only possibly make sense if you’re Peter Dutton”, and Indigenous leaders have also attacked the plan.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has sparked rebukes from fellow Liberals and a backlash from Indigenous leaders after he pledged to hold a second referendum to change the Constitution if the Voice is rejected at the ballot box next month.
Albanese told this masthead the opposition leader’s criticism of the Voice was “rendered absurd” by his statements about legislating one, after Dutton indicated his support for “local and regional” voices. Uluru Dialogue co-chair Professor Megan Davis said Australians wanted constitutional change that was not merely symbolic.
“Many No campaigners have also complained about the cost of this referendum as well, yet are advocating that they want to repeat the process,” she said. While the Coalition has publicly endorsed the idea of constitutional recognition, it has hedged on whether it would take it to a ballot. Asked in May whether the Coalition policy was to hold another referendum,: “I can’t talk about what we may or may not do next time we are in government.”
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