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Alison Holland, Associate Professor, Macquarie University

Dutton's 'no' vote reflects 40 years of Coalition partisanship on the Voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s hope for a bipartisan approach on the Voice to parliament referendum has crumbled.

Late last year, the National party declared it would oppose the proposed model, while the Liberal party did the same earlier this month.

Nationals Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said the current Voice model “lacks detail”, “divides us along the lines of race”, and that it’s “a way to push people into feeling guilt for our nation’s history”.

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