Coalition playing ‘spoiling game’ with Indigenous voice to parliament, Noel Pearson warns

Noel Pearson has warned that the Coalition’s demand for more details on the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum may be a ‘complete diversion’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Coalition’s demand for more detail on the Indigenous voice to parliament is a “complete diversion” and a “spoiling game” that threatens to end the chance for reconciliation for ever, the First Nations leader Noel Pearson warns.

Pearson, one of the key architects of the Uluru statement from the heart, says the details were a matter for parliament to determine after the referendum on the voice.