Leading no campaign figure reportedly drops out of race for position left by Marise Payne after backing Indigenous treaties
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Warren Mundine, a leading campaigner against the Indigenous voice to parliament, appears to have bowed out of the race to fill the Liberal Senate seat vacated by Marise Payne.
After Guardian Australia reported that Liberals considered his candidacy unviable due to his support for treaties with First Nations people and moving the date of Australia Day, Mundine has indicated he will pull out.
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