Interview transcript published by PM’s office omitted wrong answer on Indigenous voice legal advice

Attorney general has clarified solicitor general is being consulted on voice to parliament after Anthony Albanese said otherwise

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The prime minister’s office and department published a transcript of a radio interview which omitted a key part of an incorrect answer about legal advice on the voice referendum.

In an interview on 2GB radio on Wednesday – which the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, described as a “train wreck” – Anthony Albanese replied “no, no” when asked if the government had consulted the solicitor general on the referendum – but these words were omitted from the transcript.

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