Senator takes aim at ‘bullies’ as voice row escalates – as it happened

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• Nationals fracture over federal opposition to Indigenous voice
• Explainer: Why do the Nationals oppose the Indigenous voice and do their arguments stand up to scrutiny?
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Bipartisanship cedes to brinkmanship in battle over integrity commission

Meanwhile, Mark Dreyfus is preparing to stare down the Liberals and the Greens over an amendment to the national anti-corruption commission legislation which Dreyfus says risks establishing the commission and the Liberals and Greens say will ensure it won't be political.