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Lidia Thorpe may ‘pull back’ on voice opposition if Labor does more on Indigenous deaths in custody
The independent senator Lidia Thorpe has said she could “pull back” on opposing the voice if the government commits to implementing recommendations of the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody, urging Anthony Albanese to announce action before referendum day.
Thorpe told Guardian Australia this week that she was “not necessarily campaigning” against the voice but was hoping for a no result, and agreed with no campaign leader Warren Mundine’s claim that treaties would be more likely in the event the referendum fails.
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has been vocal in her opposition to the voice to parliament until now. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP
She also claimed she told Albanese that her public stance on the referendum could be influenced if the government committed to implement the remaining recommendations of the 1991 deaths in custody inquiry and the Bringing Them Home report on the forced removal of children from Indigenous families.
Thorpe said:
I’m still waiting for movement from the government on the royal commission recommendations.
He [Albanese] needs to act. The pressure’s on.
I said you’ve got three weeks – announce the recommendations are being implemented, take it to the election if you want to – and I’d pull back. He knows that.
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Peter Dutton sees Liberal return to government in 2025
Dutton wraps up his speech by saying “I believe that we can win the next election, no question in my mind about it.”
He continues, ending to a standing ovation:
We listen to our membership. We reflect the views and the values of our membership through our policies that were enunciate to the Australian public. And if we stay that course, if we can campaign well in our marginal seats, if we continue to keep the pressure on a bad prime minister, we will stand there and 2025 together united as a Liberal family, claiming success, a return to government and return to a much brighter future for our wonderful country.
Updated at 21.22 EDT1h ago21.03 EDT
Opposition leader decries lack of ‘answers’ on voice
Dutton then moves on to the Indigenous voice to parliament, telling the party “when we took our position to say no…
2023-09-22 20:45:50
Original from www.theguardian.com
