David Littleproud is a ‘kindergarten kid’ whose Nationals will be ‘left behind’ on voice, Noel Pearson says

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price caught in a tragic redneck celebrity vortex' and punching down on other Blackfellas', Cape York leader says

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The Cape York leader Noel Pearson has called the National party leader, David Littleproud, a kindergarten kid" whose party is in danger of being left behind in history" after it decided to oppose an Indigenous voice to parliament.

In a blistering interview with ABC radio on Tuesday, Pearson also accused the Northern Territory Country Liberal party senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price of being drawn into a a tragic redneck celebrity vortex".

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