ABC Defends Coverage of ‘The Voice’ Debate

An employee walks past the logo of the ABC located at the main entrance to the ABC building located at Ultimo in Sydney, Australia, on June 5, 2019. AAP/David Gray

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has stood by an interview it conducted with Indigenous leader Noel Pearson following the federal opposition’s decision not to back the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

On April 5, opposition leader Peter Dutton announced that MPs of the centre-right Liberal Party voted “overwhelmingly” to not to support The Voice.