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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst

Linda Burney tells Peter Dutton to be ‘on the right side of history’ regarding voice to parliament

Linda Burney
‘We all grow and we all change and there is no shame in that at all,’ Linda Burney said to Peter Dutton as part of a speech she made on Tuesday. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

The incoming minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, has urged the new opposition leader to return to “the right side of history” by offering bipartisan support for enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution.

Burney said on Tuesday there was “no shame” in learning from history and the forthcoming proposal was an “opportunity for Peter Dutton to show his much-talked-about different side”.

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