Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election

Opposition leader floats - then walks back - polls on Indigenous recognition, four-year parliamentary terms and stripping citizenship of dual nationals

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Peter Dutton has floated - then quickly walked back - proposals for three separate referendums if he wins office, shutting down ideas he had raised to change the constitution for Indigenous recognition, four-year parliamentary terms and stripping citizenship of dual nationals.

The opposition leader had told The Australian newspaper in an interview published on Saturday that he was open to referendums on the three issues if there could be bipartisanship found with the Labor party. I hope at some stage there will be common ground," Dutton told the newspaper.

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