Voice to parliament: migrant and refugee groups reject ‘divisive’ no campaign proposal for constitutional recognition

Chair of body representing culturally diverse communities says Warren Mundine's push for symbolic' recognition is a red herring'

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The nation's peak body representing culturally diverse communities has criticised the voice to parliament no campaign's push for constitutional recognition of migrants as offensive" and divisive", saying they never asked for or discussed such a possibility.

Warren Mundine, a leading organiser of the no campaign, said on Sunday the campaign would propose symbolic constitutional recognition of Indigenous people and migrants through a new preamble, via another referendum. This approach was previously rejected by multiple rounds of consultation including the 2017 Uluru statement from the heart, which called for a voice to parliament.

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