Liberals boycott Voice Referendum launch

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    Media reports indicate that Peter Dutton and most Coalition MPs were conspicuous by their ABSENCE from this morning's parliamentary launch of legislation for the 'Voice to Parliament'.

    It's my assessment that action is yet another one which appears to indicate the Coalition has secretly decided to boycott recognition for First Nations People in the Constitution. Indeed, IMO the Coalition appears to be defaulting to the white male superiority approach embedded in British invaders commencing in January 1788.

    " Voice an important new chapter for Australia: Dreyfus "
    "... Mr Dreyfus introduced the bill on Thursday, in the first formal step towards this year’s referendum – the first for Australians in more than 20 years.
    He said the alteration would rectify more than 120 years of the explicit exclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia’s founding legal document.
    ..."
    "... The government benches in the House of Representatives were full for Mr Dreyfus’s speech. But only about a dozen Coalition MPs were there – Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was among those who were absent. ..."
    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/politics/australian-politics/2023/03/30/voice-referendum-legislation-parliament/?utm_campaign=News%20Alert%20-%2020230330&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra&lr_hash=373ffc73843ce704f727973e22a7bb6e
 
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