Leeser praised by Labor but his changes to Indigenous voice model likely to be ignored

Government unlikely to support former Liberal frontbencher’s call to wind back the voice’s power to make representations to parliament and executive government

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The Labor government and Aboriginal leaders have praised Julian Leeser’s decision to quit the shadow frontbench to campaign for the Indigenous voice to parliament, but his calls to alter the wording of the referendum question may still be ignored.

A parliamentary committee on the referendum will hold its first public hearing on Friday, but Labor is unlikely to support Leeser’s suggestion to wind back the voice’s power to make representations to parliament and executive government.

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