Coalition’s position on the voice ‘clear as mud’ and ‘completely confused’, Burney says – as it happened
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Mistakes of the past': David Littleproud compares voice to ATSIC advisory body
Littleproud says the proposal for the voice to parliament will repeat the mistakes of the past", comparing the proposal to ATSIC.
No, again, David, the problem comes from the lived experience we have. And it might work in suburbs in capital cities but when you're talking about representative bodies in rural and remote Australia, you're talking about hundreds of thousands of square kilometres, hundreds of different diverse communities that have different challenges and needs.
We were saying let's have common sense.
Why not let the market decide but let's educate Australians. This won't happen overnight. This is something we need to bring them on that journey. That's why I wanted to have some political leadership but from across the aisle, and say let's have a national energy summit, bring Australians into our trust and let them decide what the energy mix should look like and live town our international commitments.
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