Former shadow minister for Indigenous Australians dismisses various claims raised by his own side about unintended consequences
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The Liberal MP Julian Leeser has accused the Indigenous voice no campaign of trying to “debate every issue imaginable”, echoing criticisms by the prime minister of red herrings in the constitutional recognition debate.
Leeser made the comment during a speech at a voice community event in Sydney on Monday, rejecting a central claim of the no campaign that the advisory body will create “two classes of people under the law”.
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