Price has endeared herself to conservative colleagues by railing against the Voice. The former Coalition minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt "was full of good intent and did lots of good things", according to Dutton, but he argues Price has a "practical understanding of what's going on in communities", pointing to her lived experience in Alice Springs.ĭutton is putting great faith in his shadow minister, whose influence within the Coalition has grown enormously through the course of this campaign. "I believe very strongly if Jacinta Price is the Minister for Indigenous Australians, we will get better outcomes for Indigenous Australians and that will be a great day for our country," he enthused. This week, Dutton settled on a far simpler solution for tackling the problems of entrenched Indigenous disadvantage: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price. And the Nationals aren't terribly keen on the idea anyway. The notion of multiple Indigenous bodies tends to muddy the No campaign line about the Voice creating division. The opposition leader doesn't talk much about that idea now. He said these bodies would "listen to those local elders who live in the community and to listen to what is going to make a practical outcome". Six months ago, when the Liberal party room resolved to support a No vote, Dutton's preferred alternative was to create local and regional Voice bodies in legislation. The opposition leader has certainly been effective in attacking the Voice proposal, but what he thinks should be done instead remains vague and constantly evolving. The greater obligation to spell out an alternative solution, however, should be on Dutton right now, given he's the one advocating a No vote. ![]() ![]() If Australians ultimately reject the Voice proposal, Anthony Albanese will have to come up with something. Given the polls all suggest a No vote is the most likely outcome, the answer is surprisingly unclear.įor his part, the prime minister doesn't want to canvass what might happen in the event of a No vote, for the understandable reason that he's still trying to convince as many people as possible to vote Yes.
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