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ABC host Hamish Macdonald asks if Kerrynne Liddle supports the local voice model (which is not on the table and only being asked about because it is something the Liberals have thrown up as a ‘well we could do this’ option instead of the voice referendum)
Liddle says of course, as it is what the Liberal party have been talking about. Asked why she thinks it is a good idea, Liddle says:
When you actually consider that funds for health, housing, jobs and actually come from Canberra and assent to the states and territories, there is a lot more accountability than not just sits at the Commonwealth level, but also in the states and territories and in those very organisations that are actually charged to deliver change, not just putting a grant application and deliver the same same but deliver the change.
So that’s why I support that proposition much more and I want to make sure that people who are experts in the particular area of focus are actually the right people at the table.
I think that’s what Australians actually want. I’ve heard that for a very, very long time. They actually want constitutional recognition, but they also want to help improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. So on the second part, I believe this is the wrong model.
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