Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton will actively campaign against the Voice to Parliament after revealing the Liberal Party's position ahead of the referendum.

We are waiting, waiting for advice.” Peter Dutton will actively campaign against the Voice to Parliament after revealing the Liberal Party’s position ahead of the referendum. Peter Dutton has revealed he will actively campaign against the Voice to Parliament, before being asked if he will resign as Opposition leader if the referendum succeeds.

The prime minister slammed the Liberal Party's decision, saying he was saddened the opposition leader had put politics above the lives of Indigenous people.

“I think people are after the detail, and I can understand, there would be some hesitancy ... [Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here](/link/follow-20170101-p5apym). And he didn’t,” she said. Dean Parkin, the director of the Yes campaign, said the decision to oppose the Voice “was made by a number of politicians in Canberra, [but] the referendum is a decision for the Australian people”. spoke all about politics and all about politicians. “The leader of the opposition says he and his party support constitutional recognition, yet how on earth can he or anyone else genuinely support recognition but reject the form of recognition favoured by the people we seek to recognise?” he said. Archer said she would cross the floor if necessary to back the Yes vote and vowed “I will campaign actively for the Yes campaign...I will not in any way attach myself to a vote No”. “The Liberal Party resolved today to say yes to constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians, yes to a local and regional body, so we can get practical outcomes for Indigenous people on the ground [but] there was a resounding no to the prime minister’s Voice,” he said. Dutton said his party room wanted the best possible outcomes for Indigenous Australians and that a Voice to parliament in Canberra would not resolve the issues in Indigenous communities. Peter Dutton and Sussan Ley ... Albanese slammed the Liberal Party’s decision, saying “of course” the Liberals’ decision would make it more difficult for the referendum to succeed “and that’s why it is so disappointing that in the press conference today, it was all about politics”. But the shadow cabinet will be bound to oppose the Voice and Dutton promised to campaign for a No vote in a decision that draws party-political battle lines and heightens the chances of the constitutional change being defeated.

Indigenous leaders for the Voice say they will not be deterred by the Liberal Party's decision to formally oppose constitutionally enshrining an Indigenous ...

According to the poll, 38 per cent of Australians are opposed. Do you approve this proposed alteration?” “I have spent literally months, like many Australians, trying to understand what it is the Prime Minister is proposing. We are waiting, waiting for advice.” “We will not be deterred. Ms Archer almost immediately confirmed she would defy the party line and campaign for a “yes” vote and said the Liberals’ verdict on the Voice was the latest in a series of decisions which had tested her faith in the party.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has slammed the Liberal Party's decision to formally oppose the adoption of an indigenous Voice in an upcoming referendum.

According to the poll, 38 per cent of Australians are opposed. Do you approve this proposed alteration?' We are waiting, waiting for advice.' 'I have spent literally months, like many Australians, trying to understand what it is the Prime Minister is proposing. 'We will not be deterred. The Liberal party room voted on Wednesday to reject the government's proposed model for the Voice in favour of establishing local and regional Voices which would be legislated but not embedded in the Constitution

Peter Dutton says the opposition is saying “yes” to constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people but “no” to what he called Prime Minister Anthony ...

It’s his timeline, it’s his question and his refusal to meet anyone else halfway, on anything as breathtaking in its arrogance.” “Today is not a ‘no’ from the Liberal Party, it is a day of many yeses. Dutton said the Voice was not “an issue of conscience, similar to the same-sex marriage debate”. Having a Canberra Voice won’t resolve the issues on the ground for Indigenous communities.” People will make their own assessment. “That’s my assessment.

The Liberal Party's declaration of its position on a Voice to Parliament was messy, complicated, and in many ways reflects the current state of the party ...

Indigenous leader and Uluru statement of the Heart architect Noel Pearson says Peter Dutton has “betrayed” Australia.

Indigenous activist and Voice to Parliament supporter Noel Pearson has condemned Peter Dutton for his 'Judas betrayal of the country' in opposing the Voice.

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to "an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru", after the federal Liberal Party ...

Noel Pearson, who sits on the government's Voice to Parliament referendum working group, labelled the Liberal Party's position on the proposal as a "Judas ...

The Federal Opposition leader says the party can't support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament because it's too Canberra-centric. The Liberals will join the ...

The federal opposition leader argues Mr Albanese is “dividing the country” and the proposed changes will “become a bureaucracy in Canberra that doesn't help ...

The Liberal Party leader insisted opposing the government's plans to change the constitution is in th...

Pearson, one of the architects of the Uluru statement from the heart, called Dutton an 'undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru'