Anthony Albanese has hit back at Patricia Karvelas during a fiery radio clash over the Voice and treaty, telling the ABC host not to “get sucked in” to the No campaign’s rhetoric.
facing continued questions over whether his government supports treaty making.
“Prime Minister I don’t mean to be rude but I will say that the Uluru Statement, you rightly pointed out very clearly that there are three parts of it, and right now you’re focused on the Voice,” Karvelas said. “No, Patricia what I’m saying is that what the No campaign want to do is to focus on everything that’s not happening and nothing that is,” he said.from the Heart “in full” which includes the establishment of a Makarrata Commission as proposed in the historic 2017 document.
Mr Albanese claimed the Uluru Statement made no mention of Commonwealth treaty negotiations and then urged Karvelas not to “get sucked in” to the No campaign’s rhetoric. “I want the country to succeed and I believe that Australians of good will will examine the question that is before them in the last quarter of this year.
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