Former Coalition foreign minister Julie Bishop handed out Yes vote flyers to commuters in the Perth CBD in a chummy media stunt on Monday.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong enlisted the help of a former adversary as part of the Albanese government’s desperate effort to reverse the fortunes of the flailing Yes campaign in Western Australia.
Bishop has publicly backed the voice and said a No vote would send a negative message to the rest of the world. Bishop, who is chancellor of the Australian National University, said she couldn’t answer why so many of her former colleagues opposed the Voice.“I have looked into it very carefully and from ANU’s point of view, we see it as the opportunity to get policies in place to address the educational disadvantage,” she said.
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