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The government has been accused of deliberately withholding detail on its push to enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution for political reasons.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton and shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser were briefed by the referendum working group after calling for more information on the proposed voice's make-up and function.
Like all Australians, we want to see a better outcome for the Indigenous people of our country.
We are willing to look at any measure to do that. There are lots of questions around the voice and lots of detail that hasn't yet been provided.
It's not the airlines that do the turn backs that you should be worried about. It's the airlines that keep on going to the destination and don't make that turn back.
This is what happens with aviation across the world. And it's an important part of the safety management system. I would rather there be not, but again I encourage our pilots to do this. I applaud them when they do it.
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