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Craig Emerson

There is no political profit for Dutton in opposing the Voice

The Liberal leader’s aim seems to be to keep his parliamentary party together – even at the risk of the wider party’s appeal.

Peter Dutton and his Liberal colleagues are urging the Australian people to deny First Nations people recognition in the Constitution as the original occupants of the land. If they succeed, it will be a time of great sorrow for our country and its Indigenous people.

Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser could be a moderate Liberal left at risk by his leader Peter Dutton.  Alex Ellinghausen

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Craig Emerson is managing director of Emerson Economics. He is a distinguished fellow at the ANU, director of the Australian APEC Study Centre at RMIT and adjunct professor at Victoria University’s College of Business.

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