Nationals leader David Littleproud has engaged in a passionate back and forth with Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny over his party's early opposition to the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Mr Littleproud on Monday announced the Nationals would oppose Labor’s proposal to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution.
Stream"The Kenny Report" live, weekdays 5pm AEDT, or on demand with Flash. 25+ news channels, 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2023 > “I heard you make that argument today… I find it particularly contradictory because you're saying you oppose the voice because it won't work. Yet everybody agrees what we're doing now hasn't been working,” Kenny said.
“Chris, do you want me to answer this, or do you want to just tell me your point of view?” Mr Littleproud replied. “If you're going to oppose the voice, what are you going to propose doing differently that might actually improve the some of the situations we’re talking about,” Kenny asked. Mr Littleproud added it was a risk to sign Indigenous communities up to a constitutionally enshrined Voice without knowing if it would work as intended.
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