Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said he would reject the Voice’s advice to change the date of Australia Day despite previously declaring it would take a “very brave government” to ignore the advisory body.
During a heated interview with 2GB’s Ben Fordham, the Prime Minister was pressed on the breadth of the Voice’s remit and how far its advice would reach.
“As one of the principles put forward and in the yes pamphlet makes it very clear, the Voice will not have the right of veto, government decision stays the same.” But as support for the Voice continues to fall dramatically, the Prime Minister has been forced to come out at odds with some of the advisory body’s key architects.
He asked the Prime Minister if there were going to be reparations, but Mr Albanese again plainly rejected it: “No, Ben”. “The truth of the matter is, if he restricts the Voice, that can be challenged in the High Court,” Mr Taylor said in Geelong on Wednesday.
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