More fallout for Liberals over Voice opposition
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has defended his stance on The Voice to Parliament, saying it would 'change Australian democracy' without improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians. He says it would cost 'billions' to run a 'new arm of government' - and instead advocates for a model to create local and regional voices in Parliament. Under this model, Mr Dutton says the regional voices would report to Federal Parliament - under a narrower remit focussing on targeted, community-based legislation. A government frontbencher has claimed the Liberals under Peter Dutton's leadership look more like Pauline Hanson's right-wing One Nation than the party its founder Robert Menzies had championed.
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Opposition leader Peter Dutton has defended his stance on The Voice to Parliament, saying it would 'change Australian democracy' without improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
He says it would cost 'billions' to run a 'new arm of government' - and instead advocates for a model to create local and regional voices in Parliament.
Under this model, Mr Dutton says the regional voices would report to Federal Parliament - under a narrower remit focussing on targeted, community-based legislation.
A government frontbencher has claimed the Liberals under Peter Dutton's leadership look more like Pauline Hanson's right-wing One Nation than the party its founder Robert Menzies had championed.
