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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Anthony Albanese tells Peter Dutton he will set up bipartisan committee to legislate on voice to parliament if yes vote succeeds

Liberal MP Julian Leeser (left) and prime minister Anthony Albanese at the launch of the Uniting Church's Yes23 campaign in Sydney on Sunday.
Liberal MP Julian Leeser (left) and prime minister Anthony Albanese at the launch of the Uniting Church's Yes23 campaign in Sydney on Sunday. Photograph: Mark Evans/AAP

Anthony Albanese has sought to allay concerns about the design of the voice by telling Peter Dutton he will set up a bipartisan committee to legislate the advisory body, if the referendum is successful.

The prime minister revealed the move at the launch of the Uniting Church’s Yes23 campaign in Sydney on Sunday. At the same event the Liberal MP and voice advocate Julian Leeser urged Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to move from “being strangers from each other to being siblings of this great land”.

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