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Penny Wong: Liberal Party was very aggro' and wanted a culture war'

The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says the media response to her comments in the final week of the election campaign about the voice to parliament were disappointing and an inaccurate beat-up".

I think more importantly, what it did show Australians is that the reflex for the Liberal Party was to have a culture war and get very aggro, let's be frank. Whereas most Australians weren't there. You know, most Australians wanted to talk about Medicare and schools and cost of living and tax cuts and fee-free Tafe and childcare and 20% off their Hecs debt.

That's where most Australians were. But the Coalition - yet again - their reflex is to have a culture war, which is often very hurtful to First Nations Australians but, more generally, to people who care about reconciliation. So I think it was a demonstration of why the Liberal Party has done so badly in Australia's cities and suburbs.