Katter’s Australian Party Leader Robbie Katter says The Voice to Parliament is “tokenistic and divisive” as the government’s application of the referendum shows their “hypocrisy”.
“We’ve got a proud history of trying to advance the prosperity of our first Australian people – and we’re very proud of that, and as fighters and people in the trenches, we see this is a tokenistic and divisive”
“I think a lot of people are very sceptical about what this delivers … it’s already been tried and failed.”
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