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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst and Amy Remeikis

David Littleproud is a ‘kindergarten kid’ whose Nationals will be ‘left behind’ on voice, Noel Pearson says

Nationals leader David Littleproud with Country Liberal party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in Canberra on Monday
Nationals leader David Littleproud with Country Liberal party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in Canberra on Monday. Noel Pearson has attacked their opposition to an Indigenous voice to parliament. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Cape York leader Noel Pearson has called the National party leader, David Littleproud, a “kindergarten kid” whose party is in danger of being “left behind in history” after it decided to oppose an Indigenous voice to parliament.

In a blistering interview with ABC radio on Tuesday, Pearson also accused the Northern Territory Country Liberal party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price of being drawn into a “a tragic redneck celebrity vortex”.

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