Liberal National party withdraws support for treaty days after Queensland overwhelmingly votes to reject voice to parliament
‘They’ve reneged , just like they reneged on the voice,’ Bindal elder Gracelyn Smallwood said of the Liberal National party.‘They’ve reneged , just like they reneged on the voice,’ Bindal elder Gracelyn Smallwood said of the Liberal National party.Indigenous Queenslanders are in “double mourning” after the state’s pathway to treaty lost bipartisan support in the same week that it voted overwhelmingly against the voice, a community leader has said.
The Liberal National party leader, David Crisafulli, voted for the legislation, as did all members of his party. But he changed his mind after 69% of Queenslanders voted no in the referendum. The group is struggling to achieve financial self-sufficiency because it cannot develop land it manages under native title for commercial purposes. The Mithika were granted just
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