Victorian MP Keith Wolahan rebuffed Labor’s “disappointing” attacks designed to silence Voice critics, rejecting claims the Liberal Party has shifted right by citing Malcolm Turnbull’s past views.
the government’s Voice to Parliament proposal, Education Minister Jason Clare said that under Peter Dutton the Liberal Party “now looks more like Pauline Hanson than Menzies”.
“When you hear invective like that, he's trying to tell people of a particular view… your view shouldn't be heard, Mr Wolahan said. Opposition leader Peter Dutton announced the Liberal Party would oppose Labor's Voice to Parliament proposal following a marathon partyroom meeting on Wednesday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
Mr Wolahan said people could “cherish our indigenous heritage” and want to improve the conditions of Indigenous Australians, while still opposing Labor’s Voice to Parliament proposal. The Victorian MP also rejected the claim – implicit in Minister Clare’s comments – that the Liberal Party’s decision to oppose the Voice meant it had moved too far to the right.
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