Original voice bill wording to stay as Noel Pearson calls Mick Gooda a ‘bedwetter’ over proposed change

Former human rights commissioner suggested Indigenous leaders should consider ‘compromise’ to improve referendum’s chance

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Calls to change the wording of the Indigenous voice amendment have been shot down by key Indigenous leaders of the government’s expert working groups, with Noel Pearson dismissing former human rights commissioner Mick Gooda on ABC radio as “foolish” and a “bedwetter” for suggesting an eleventh-hour alteration.

Guardian Australia understands the Albanese government doesn’t plan to amend the proposed constitutional amendment ahead of it being debated in parliament on Monday.

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