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

Albanese accuses Warren Mundine of splitting from no campaign over treaties and Australia Day

Warren Mundine
No campaigner Warren Mundine – who opposes the Indigenous voice to parliament – has been touted as a possible candidate for a NSW Senate vacancy. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

Anthony Albanese has accused Warren Mundine of “splitting” from the no campaign over his support for treaties with First Nations people and moving the date of Australia Day, issues that Liberal sources say will likely sink his chances of taking a vacant Senate seat.

The prime minister responded to Mundine’s comments about supporting treaty-making by noting “that’s not what this [referendum] is about” because “all that is on the agenda is recognition and an advisory body”.

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