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Andrew Brown and Dominic Giannini

Quitting Liberals due to voice a hard call, says Wyatt

Ken Wyatt rejects Peter Dutton's claim that the voice would be a Canberra mechanism. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt has described his choice to resign from the Liberals as a "hard decision" following the party opting to oppose the Indigenous voice.

Mr Wyatt, the first Aboriginal person to be Indigenous minister, rejected claims from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton that the voice would be a "Canberra voice" and the body would be elitist.

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