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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Dutton backflips on second referendum; Biden warns Israel against occupying Gaza; and Star Wars prop sells for $5m

Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has declined to recommit to the idea of a second referendum on Indigenous recognition. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

Good afternoon. Peter Dutton has made a dramatic U-turn on his offer of a second referendum to symbolically recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution, all but abandoning the idea today.

Dutton made the suggestion in September, but today said Australians were “over” referendums after the voice poll and declined to recommit to the idea.

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