Indigenous leader Noel Pearson insists the Voice referendum is on track to win and has urged Australians to take personal responsibility for the referendum.
– blamed former prime ministers Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison for the lack of action on reconciliation.
“Abbott wanted to do this, but he couldn’t. Turnbull wanted to do this, but he couldn’t. Morrison wanted to do this, but he couldn’t,” he said. Abbott, who signalled his intention to hold a referendum shortly before he was toppled as prime minister, Turnbull and Morrison were each contacted for comment., was defined by his right-leaning party room.
The comments from Pearson underscored his break from conservatives, after decades of negotiating with conservative leaders on constitutional reform.– whom he said history would view as one of the Voice’s key authors – as well as Professor Anne Twomey, jurists Frank Brennan and Greg Craven and a small group of others developed the Voice concept to win over the conservatives who now oppose elements of it.
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