Peter Dutton’s decision to oppose Indigenous voice is a ‘Judas betrayal’ of Australia, Noel Pearson says

Pearson, one of the architects of the Uluru statement from the heart, called Dutton an ‘undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru’

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Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has lashed the Liberal party for a “Judas betrayal” over its opposition to the voice referendum, branding leader Peter Dutton an “undertaker preparing the grave to bury” the Uluru statement from the heart.

Criticism continues to mount over the opposition leader’s decision, announced on Wednesday, to actively campaign against the Indigenous voice and bind his frontbench to do the same.

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