Former Minister Quits Liberal Party Over Voice Stance

Former Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt at the announcement of the targets for the Closing The Gap initiative at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on July 30, 2020. Sean Davey/Getty Images

Former Indigenous Minister Ken Wyatt has quit the centre-right Liberal Party following the party’s decision to oppose changing the country’s Constitution to include an Indigenous advisory body.

“I still believe in the Liberal Party values but I don’t believe in what the Liberals have become,” he told the West Australian newspaper.