Former prime minister Tony Abbott said Anthony Albanese's approach was the 'wrong way' to go about changing the constitution, but that 'even at the 11th hour' the prime minister might think again.
Speaking to Sky News Australia’s Peta Credlin on Monday night, the former Liberal leader said he was a supporter of recognising indigenous Australians in the Constitution, but this was much more than recognition.
Mr Abbott said that a vote in favour of the Voice to parliament would leave Australia in a “diabolical situation” where we are divided by race. “Surely the business of Constitution-making, the business of Constitution-changing, should be a much more bipartisan thing than we’ve so far seen,” Mr Abbott said.
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