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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Liberal fallout over voice continues; Julian Assange’s big boost from Canberra; and an AI news reader debuts

Julian Leeser
The shadow attorney general, Julian Leeser, has resigned to support the voice in a move opposition leader Peter Dutton says is ‘at odds with the overwhelming majority’ of the Liberal partyroom. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Good afternoon. Another Liberal MP has broken ranks over the party’s opposition to the Indigenous voice to parliament. Julian Leeser, the shadow attorney general and shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, resigned from the Liberal frontbench today, saying the “time has come for a voice”.

In other news, Julian Assange has received a major shot of support with 48 Australian politicians signing an open letter urging his extradition to the US be scrapped. And are AI news readers the way of the future? “Fedha” the virtual news presenter debuts in Kuwait.

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