Cape York Indigenous leader and one of the architects of the Uluru statement responds to Liberal party’s choice to formally oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament. Follow the day’s news live
Liberal party accused of ‘turning its back’ on Indigenous people by opposing voice‘Dutton’s voice stance doesn’t protect Indigenous people. The no campaign is already scaring them’ | Lorena AllamGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast
Now Pearson, a Cape York Indigenous leader and one of the architects of the Uluru statement, has compared the opposition leader Peter Dutton to an “undertaker” after his party decided to formally oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament.
Asked how he felt when he heard that the Liberal Party would campaign “no,” Pearson told ABC Radio:
I couldn’t sleep last night. I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of darkness the liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country.
They’ve had 11 years of power to work on a proper proposal for recognition and the decision they’ve taken yesterday is a very poor outcome over 11 years of power.
What we have created with this bill is a core set of principles for an ethical cannabis market that is controlled by individuals and small businesses rather than big pharma, big tobacco or big alcohol.
We are proposing a national regulator that will be empowered to set labelling requirements, to check on quality and concentration, to set the standard for cannabis licences and to protect the public interest.
Continue reading…Cape York Indigenous leader and one of the architects of the Uluru statement responds to Liberal party’s choice to formally oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament. Follow the day’s news liveLiberal party accused of ‘turning its back’ on Indigenous people by opposing voice‘Dutton’s voice stance doesn’t protect Indigenous people. The no campaign is already scaring them’ | Lorena AllamGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNow Pearson, a Cape York Indigenous leader and one of the architects of the Uluru statement, has compared the opposition leader Peter Dutton to an “undertaker” after his party decided to formally oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament.Asked how he felt when he heard that the Liberal Party would campaign “no,” Pearson told ABC Radio:I couldn’t sleep last night. I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of darkness the liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country.They’ve had 11 years of power to work on a proper proposal for recognition and the decision they’ve taken yesterday is a very poor outcome over 11 years of power.What we have created with this bill is a core set of principles for an ethical cannabis market that is controlled by individuals and small businesses rather than big pharma, big tobacco or big alcohol.We are proposing a national regulator that will be empowered to set labelling requirements, to check on quality and concentration, to set the standard for cannabis licences and to protect the public interest. Continue reading…