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Peter Dutton: Public servants will be the only real winners if the Voice gets up

Peter Dutton has claimed the only sector of Australian society likely to benefit from the proposed Voice to Parliament will be public servants

The New Daily

Julia Banks: What next for the Liberal Party and will Frydenberg ride to the rescue?

If Scott Morrison was the self-described ‘bulldozer’, Peter Dutton’s Liberal Party is like an out-of-date steamroller. Julia Banks writes.

The New Daily

Former Tasmanian premier's frank advice to Liberal Party on Voice opposition

Former Liberal premier Peter Gutwein was known for being frank and this week warned his former federal colleagues opposing the Voice that they risk "increasing irrelevance".

ABC News

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Michael Pascoe: To what legacy do our leaders aspire? Peter Dutton might want to ask himself

There will be no resurrection for Peter Dutton’s party and no legacy worth remembering, whatever the outcome of the referendum.

The New Daily

Liberals split denied after partyroom voice call

Divisions have emerged after the Liberal Party announced it would formally oppose the government's proposed model for an enshrined voice to parliament.

AAP

Professor Marcia Langton accuses Peter Dutton of 'lying' over Voice to Parliament

A senior member of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament Working Group has slammed the Liberal Party's decision to oppose a referendum on the Voice as "deceitful".

ABC News

Australia’s conservative party declares opposition to Indigenous body: ‘A sad day for the country’

‘I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of Dutton Liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country’

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Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals' Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

The Conversation

How does the Liberal Party's Voice policy stack up against the proposed referendum?

Despite the political acrimony over the Voice referendum, what’s most striking is the similarities between the positions of the Coalition and the Labor government.

The Conversation

Outcry as Australian opposition refuses to back constitutional recognition of Indigenous people

Leaders condemn the Liberal Party over ‘Judas betrayal’ after it said it would campaign against establishing an Indigenous ‘voice to parliament’

The Guardian - AU

Liberals accused of 'Judas betrayal' in opposing voice

Peter Dutton has been accused of betraying the nation after confirming the Liberal Party won't support the Indigenous voice proposal.

AAP

The Liberal Party's 'no' position on Voice signals it's primarily interested in speaking to a nation that no longer exists

The Liberal Party’s decision to formally oppose the federal government’s model for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament amounts to a resounding “no” position – but perhaps not in the way party leader Peter Dutton thinks.

The Conversation

Noel Pearson accused Peter Dutton of 'preparing the grave' to bury the Uluru Statement, after Liberals reject Voice proposal

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to "an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru", after the federal Liberal Party rejects the proposed Voice to Parliament.

ABC News

Liberals commit ‘Judas betrayal’ in opposing Voice

Uluru Statement architect Noel Pearson says the federal Liberal Party is out of step with the Australian people by not supporting an Indigenous voice.

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Don't miss opportunity for reconciliation, PM says

Leading Indigenous academics and the prime minister are confident Australians will support a constitutionally enshrined voice, despite Liberal Party opposition.

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Liverpool Local elections 2023: Every candidate standing in Liverpool

This is everyone you can vote for in Liverpool's crucial elections next month

The New Daily

Dutton secures leadership with promise to divide referendum, politics

Peter Dutton will oppose the constitutional recognition of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament and draw a new partisan divide across his Liberal Party.

The Independent UK

Australian opposition against Indigenous Voice in Parliament

Australia’s main opposition party has decided to oppose the government’s model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in a development that appears to doom the prospects of a successful referendum this year

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Moderate Liberals 'disappointed' with voice opposition

Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer says she was not surprised by the party choosing to oppose the Indigenous voice, but was disappointed with the decision.

The New Daily

Dutton to campaign against Voice after Liberals say an official no

The Liberal Party will formally oppose enshrining an Indigenous voice in the constitution – with Peter Dutton pledging to campaign against it.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: How can Dutton remake the party of Parliament’s biggest RWNJ?

Who is the biggest looney in Parliament? It’s purely a matter of opinion, but for mine, Gerard Rennick has shot ahead of a crowded field.

The New Daily

Dutton defies calls for change, with Liberals tipped to reject Voice proposal

Peter Dutton appeared to hold firm against calls to bring the party towards lost seats in metropolitan Australia.

ABC News

Preselection challenge kicks off early federal election race for Tony Pasin's safe Liberal seat

A Liberal preselection battle is ramping up in the safe South Australian federal seat of Barker as nurse Katherine McBride challenges long-standing representative Tony Pasin.

AAP

Liberal Party searches for ways to win back voters

Engaging in "crazy" culture wars is pushing voters away, says a Liberal MP keen to bring his party back from the fringes and into the mainstream.

The Conversation

Liberals to meet on Voice, with Julian Leeser favouring campaign freedom for senior figures

Opposition spokesman for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser has delivered a detailed critique of the government’s Voice proposal, ahead of Wednesday’s special Liberal Party meeting to determine its stand.

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