
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has invoked the spectre of anti-democratic uprisings in America and Brazil and accused opponents of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament of peddling disinformation in an attempt to start a culture war.
The PM has brought forward a referendum on the establishment of an Indigenous consultative body to the Parliament for the second half of this year but critics, including Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, say the proposal lacks detail and could be used to usher in further changes.