Liberal MPs opposing Voice to parliament because of a lack of detail

“This government has yet to demonstrate how this proposed Voice will deliver practical outcomes and unite rather than drive a wedge further between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia,” said Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinja Price. | EXCLUSIVE

A growing rebellion in Liberal Party ranks threatens the federal government’s push for bipartisan consensus on enshrining the Indigenous Voice to parliament in the constitution.

The 2017 Uluru Statement of the Heart, which has been endorsed by hundreds of Indigenous leaders, calls for the creation of an Indigenous Voice to parliament, that would provide advice on laws and policies that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. “I took my two daughters into the House today. I want them to have a strong, positive, inclusive future but in the same breath people say support a Voice – but you haven’t told us what it is.”

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