Labor senator and Indigenous elder Pat Dodson says Australia will have no integrity to criticise China over its human rights record if the Voice referendum fails.
Labor senator and Indigenous elder Pat Dodson says Australia will have no integrity to criticise China over its human rights record if the Voice referendum fails, warning the country needs to have “clean hands” on the international stage.
Support for the Voice in most public polls has dropped significantly since Dodson went on leave.
“We will go through a process of wondering why a simple matter could not be achieved in such a sophisticated nation as ours.”
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