Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken aim at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying he wants the Voice debate to just “go on” and “infinitum”. The comments come after the leader of the opposition said he would hold a second referendum if the Voice were to fail, and if he were elected in the next term. “The leader of the opposition of course has since then committed to if he’s ever elected prime minister, to have another referendum if this referendum is defeated,” Mr Albanese said during Question Time on Monday. “Despite the fact that a majority of the process – occurred under the former government. “It was the former government that established a process under Tony Abbott, it was the former government that appointed Tom Calma and Marcia Langton, it was the former government that appointed Julian Leeser and Patrick Dodson to share the joint parliamentary enquiry. “It’s unfortunate that the leader of the opposition has chosen politics over substance.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken aim at Opposition Leader Peter Dutton saying he wants the Voice debate to just “go on” and “infinitum”.
The comments come after the leader of the opposition said he would hold a second referendum if the Voice were to fail, and if he were elected in the next term. “The leader of the opposition of course has since then committed to if he’s ever elected prime minister, to have another referendum if this referendum is defeated,” Mr Albanese said during Question Time on Monday.“It was the former government that established a process under Tony Abbott, it was the former government that appointed Tom Calma and Marcia Langton, it was the former government that appointed Julian Leeser and Patrick Dodson to share the joint parliamentary enquiry.
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