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Experts reject the opposition leader’s claims as political debate over the issue descends into a state of torpor.
It would mislead voters and could get Indigenous groups offside if the government was to draft legislation outlining a Voice to Parliament, an expert says, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton ramps up efforts to sow “disagreement and confusion”.
On Wednesday, Dutton led a snap press conference with pointed attacks on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s reluctance to rule out legislating a Voice if Australians voted it down at a referendum.
He snatched at Albanese’s reluctance, and later accused the government of trying to give “moral cover” to the Voice by taking it to a constitutional referendum, rather than just legislating it to “demonstrate to Australians how it can work”.
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