Peter Dutton has mocked Labor’s plans to hold a referendum on becoming a republic as the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee.
appointed Matt Thistlethwaite as the Assistant Minister for a RepublicThe surprising appointment was the strongest indication from a government that becoming a republic was back on the political agenda since the 1999 referendum.
“I am a Republican, but it is a conversation for another day; 70 years on the throne is a remarkable moment,” Mr Marles told Channel 9’s Today show on Friday.“It’s alright for Richard to give her praise and then elbow her off the stage, that’s a bit rough,” the Liberal leader said. But the Albanese Government has abandoned that plan and instead vowed to hold a national vote on constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians through the Voice to Parliament in its first term.
New Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton poses for photographs at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Tracey Nearmy
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