Jacinta Nampijinpa Price declines to back Peter Dutton’s plan for second referendum
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6EJET)
Opposition leader has called for recognition referendum if yes vote fails, but shadow Indigenous Australians minister says further discussion' needed
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Peter Dutton's own Indigenous affairs spokesperson has declined to back his plan for a second referendum if the October vote fails, throwing the opposition leader's alternative to the voice into disarray.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, the shadow minister for Indigenous Australians and leader of the no campaign, declined numerous opportunities to support Dutton's plan for another referendum on symbolic constitutional recognition, saying there would need to be further discussions" before she would back the plan.
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