‘An Abrogation of Leadership’: Australian PM Responds to Liberal Decision Not to Back The Voice

‘An Abrogation of Leadership’: Australian PM Responds to Liberal Decision Not to Back The Voice
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 28, 2023. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
Daniel Y. Teng
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the Liberal Party’s decision not to back a federal Indigenous Voice to Parliament a “sad day.”

In response to the opposition’s announcement that its party members were “overwhelmingly” against The Voice, Albanese cited criticism from Indigenous leader Noel Pearson who likened Liberal leader Peter Dutton to an “undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru.”