Tony Abbott tells CPAC an Indigenous voice to parliament would promote ‘discrimination’

Former Australian prime minister, senator Jacinta Price and former senator Amanda Stoker attack voice at conservative conference

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Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has claimed the Labor government's proposed Indigenous voice to parliament would institutionalise discrimination" in a speech to a conservative political conference that focused heavily on criticisms of the Aboriginal consultation body.

The Coalition senator and Warlpiri woman Jacinta Price, who also spoke at CPAC in Sydney, described the voice as racial separatism", telling attendees they would be called a name" if they opposed the change. Former Liberal senator Amanda Stoker described the concept of the voice as terrifying".