CANBERRA (London Post with AAP) By Dr. Majid Khan -Anthony Albanese says there is enough detail about the Aboriginal vote in parliament for the public to make a decision on the proposal.
After the announcement that Australians would vote in a referendum later this year, the prime minister hit back when the opposition claimed important advice on the vote was withheld.
He asked opposition leader Peter Dutton to explain his position on voting to Congress, warning that asking for details is an outdated tactic.
“I know from the Republic playbook of the last century that it’s just tactics and lacks credibility to keep saying ‘we don’t know the details,'” Albanese told reporters in Melbourne on Friday.
“No matter how many details are released, Peter Dutton will say, ‘How about more details? That’s the game being played here and he should make a decision as to how he feels about this. ”
The prime minister said he had met seven times with the opposition leader, but these concerns were not raised by Mr Dutton during the talks.
Dutton asked the government to release legal advice from the Attorney General on the impact of the vote.
The main concern was that decisions could be delayed or taken to the High Court, as government decision makers must consider oral statements before making valid decisions.
Shadows Attorney General Julian Reeser said the prime minister had been unfaithful about the opposition leader’s actions.
“Peter Dutton has approached this issue with good faith from the beginning. He said he went into it with an open mind,” Rieser told Sky News.
“I am sad that this has happened. I would have loved to have seen the Prime Minister answer the wise questions that the Australians asked Peter and me.
Mr Leeser said Australians must obtain legal advice on voting before voting on the proposal.
Albanese expressed confidence in the perfect wording of the constitutional amendment.
“It didn’t happen in a vacuum. All this work was done by the Advisory Group of the Referendum Working Group. It’s very clear that this is a simple proposition,” he said.
He said leadership is about expanding the country, not “shrinking it back to old policies”.
A law on the referendum will be submitted to Congress next week, and the vote will take place between October and December.
Liberal Party deputy leader Susan Ray said it was an “emotional day” to announce the referendum questions but needed more details on the proposal.
“You will not get a blank check to change the constitution.”
Attorney General Mark Dreyfuss has warned of serious consequences for the settlement’s future if the referendum fails. “It’s going to be a very, very long time before we get back to perception issues. I think it’s going to be a big setback for our relationship with First People,” he told ABC Radio on Friday.
MP Keith Pitt, who said he would vote against the referendum, said all MPs and senators were there to protest on behalf of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, with 11 MPs being Indigenous Australians. mentioned something.
Mr Pitt said he could not support a constitutional amendment that meant Australians would not be “treated equally”.
