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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Dutton ramps up Indigenous voice debate; Qantas flight mayday; and a BBC porn prank

Leader of the opposition, Peter Dutton,
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says the prime minister can legislate the Indigenous voice to parliament ‘in a heartbeat’ if the referendum fails. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

There are more signs today the political wrangling around the referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament is going to get ugly.

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, today accused prime minister Anthony Albanese of being “very tricky” for refusing to rule out legislating the voice in the event the referendum fails.

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