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Dutton abandons major Voice promise.

Article by Courtney Gould

Peter Dutton has all but abandoned a promise to hold a second referendum to constitutionally recognise Indigenous Australians.

The Opposition Leader made the pledge last month but it was quickly called into question after his Indigenous Australians spokeswoman, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, failed to declare support for the proposal.

On Monday, Mr Dutton was asked if his plan, should he win the next election, was to send Australians back to the polls.

“All of our policy … is going to be reviewed in the process Kerrynne (Liddle) and Jacinta (Price) will lead now,” he told reporters in Canberra.

“I think that’s important, but I think it’s clear that the Australian public is probably over the referendum process for some time.”

More than half of Australia, including al l six states, resoundingly voted against the proposal to enshrine an Indigenous advisory in the Constitution.

The latest count showed 61 per cent of the nation voted No and 39 per cent cast a Yes ballot. The No vote won out in 59 of the 78 seats held by Labor MPs.

All but one of the seats held by the Coalition voted against the referendum.

Mr Dutton labelled the result an “unprecedented failure in campaigning”.

“I think that’s why there’s a lot of angst within the Labor Party at the moment about why the Prime Minister just doesn’t get across the detail. When he does make a decision, it’s the wrong decision,” he said.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles defended the decision to go to a referendum despite it being a hard sell for Australians.

But he insisted, despite the setback, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had the full support of the Labor caucus.

Federal cabinet is expected to meet on Monday to discuss the next steps to address Indigenous disadvantage as politicians return to Canberra.

On Sunday, the government reaffirmed Labor’s commitment to advance reconciliation while pursuing treaty and truth-telling through a Makaratta commission.

An audit for the billions in Indigenous spending and a royal commission into child sexual abuse in remote communities are the two key demands from the Coalition in the referendum wash-up.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government wanted to let the “dust settle” in order to think through the next steps.

It comes as Indigenous leaders who campaigned for the Voice have asked for a week of silence for Australians to grieve and reflect on the outcome of the referendum.

But Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lam bie said Indigenous communities had waited long enough for the Albanese government to act.

“The Labor Party has put Indigenous communities out there on life support … They’ve done nothing for two years,” she told Nine.

“I don’t know why you can’t speak and chew gum at the same time. Some of us have been standing there, telling you the actions that need to be done in these Indigenous communities, and you weren’t listening because you had one focus, which was to get the Voice up, and you failed and we have no plan B.”
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There were people on social media who thought that the PM should resign. I'm glad I didn't say anything to them on Saturday night, plus I was thinking what I was doing on Sunday (had a Star Trek convention). Some were going on about how he only got 35% of the primary vote. Only if they knew that doesn't determine who will be Prime Minister. Idiots.
 
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Fruitcake said:
Whoa can't believe only four days!

What's everyone doing this year?
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off to the in-laws.

will be probably be doing the cooking with turkey on the menu.

Mum will have my two sisters, my aunt and my stepmother so the later two will see some teeth gritting.
Not sure what will be cooked there. One doesn’t like turkey, one doesn’t like pork and one doesn’t like lamb.

pork and turkey have always been on the family Xmas dinner. Mum is always happy when her cracklijg is close to what my grandfather’s was.
 
We usually have a big xmas Orphan's style with lots of people showing up from open invites. This year we're all tired and we're going small. Only one person is coming who isn't immediate fam, but we're having it in a very friendly apartment building so there will be drop ins from varying floors throughout the day. It's going to rain and not be warm for the first time in decades so not planning a big bash in the park has been extra good!

We're buying pork things already cooked from Coles and just doing salads etc.. We've actually never had pork, our biggest meat is usually roast chooks. No one knows if the pork things from Coles are any good as we've never had them :lol:

Which reminds me, have to go buy some of those chocolate bar stockings to hand out to the apartment building kids who might be dropping in :D

I'm looking fwd to it. Some potential conflicts have been averted by not trying to cater to everyone.
 
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