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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy

Peter Dutton may be sorry for not saying sorry, but he’s still in no man’s land on the voice

Can Peter Dutton, the alternative prime minister of Australia, only process things he can see?
Can Peter Dutton, the alternative prime minister of Australia, only process things he can see? Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Peter Dutton is sorry for not saying sorry. He wasn’t there when Kevin Rudd delivered the landmark apology to the stolen generations in the House of Representatives in 2008 because the ghost of Peter past boycotted the event.

Dutton’s pivot has been in train for some months. After he took the Liberal leadership last year, he acknowledged he had “made a mistake” in 2008.

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