Exclusive: Kevin Rudd has launched a scathing rebuke of the emerging conservative campaign against a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament, write LisaVisentin and jamesmassola | auspol Voice
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has launched a scathing rebuke of the emerging conservative campaign against a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament, attacking his longtime rival Tony Abbott for suggesting the body would change Australia’s system of government.
Responding to Rudd’s remarks, Abbott said he did not want to get into “a slanging match with a fellow former PM” but stood by his concerns over the way the body would function. The clashing views of the two former prime ministers give a flavour of the forthcoming rival Yes and No campaigns on the Voice, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks to hold a referendum this term on whether to enshrine the body in the constitution.
Endorsing this approach, Rudd said the amendments made clear that “the Voice’s only constitutional power will be to advise on, not to veto, decisions of parliament and the executive”.
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