BREAKING: The Coalition’s former Indigenous affairs minister, Ken Wyatt, has quit the Liberal Party to protest its contentious call to oppose the government’s Voice to parliament referendum.
The Coalition’s former Indigenous affairs minister, Ken Wyatt, has quit the Liberal Party to protest its contentious call toWyatt’s resignation was confirmed by the West Australian division of the Liberal Party, which received notice from the former MP on Thursday.Alex Ellinghausen
Dutton said he felt a duty to protect Australians from the Voice because the proposed model would fundamentally change Australia’s system of government. The opposition proposes to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution without creating a national advisory body.Wyatt was the first Indigenous Australian to be elected to the House of Representatives and the first to serve in the federal cabinet. He lost his seat to Labor at the 2022 election.
Reacting to the news, Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey said it was disappointing that Wyatt had quit.
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