Anthony Albanese moves to rewrite support for The Voice campaign as treaty weakens

He was the man who unequivocally pledged to deliver a treaty but as the polls turn it would seem Anthony Albanese is eager to rewrite history.

Anthony Albanese’s own words have come back to haunt him.

The prime minister wants to pretend that he has not pledged to deliver a treaty (Makarrata) but his own unequivocal statements contradict his denials.

This week in parliament he treated questions about his advocacy for a treaty as a massive joke. “(At) the Midnight Oil concert I wore a Midnight Oil t-shirt. I know. I know, Mr Speaker … Hold the front page!” he said.

The PM has been guilty of contradictory statements about the race based referendum.

When speaking to the masses he’s been claiming that the voice is just a modest measure chiefly about recognition.

When speaking to Leftist ideologues he changes his tune acknowledging that it would be a brave government indeed that would defy the advice of the unelected, unaccountable race-based body.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wants to pretend he has not pledged to deliver a treaty but his own unequivocal statements contradict his denials. Picture: NCA NewsWire

Albanese has repeatedly said that he would implement the ‘Uluṟu statement’ – best described by Australia’s leading historian and national living treasure Geoffrey Blainey as a “militant” statement devoid of “respect or gratitude to the Australian people” – in full which includes so-called “truth telling” and treaty.

In fact so committed is Albo to the cause that it’s the very first thing he said during his victory speech on election night after an acknowledgment of country: “On behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I commit to the Uluru Statement from the heart in full.”

It’s misleading for the PM to now pretend that his support for a treaty is limited to him wearing a t-shirt to a rock concert.

In recent years he has been crystal clear about his commitment to a treaty, which will no doubt be another significant burden on the Australian taxpayer.

In 2020 he posted: “Voice. Truth. Treaty. Whole. Proud. Reconciled.”

In 2021 Albo wrote: “Labor is committed to the Statement from the Heart in full. Voice. Treaty. Truth.”

In another post he wrote: “We need a government that will deliver the Uluru Statement in full: voice, treaty and truth. Because a nation not yet reconciled isn’t truly whole.”

It’s more than a little concerning that the PM doesn’t see Australia as “truly whole” until we have a treaty in place to facilitate “reconciliation”.

In 2021 he spoke at length about the merits of a treaty and said: “As a priority, Labor will establish a makarrata commission with responsibility for truth-telling and treaty.”

Don’t let him rewrite history now that peoples’ eyes have been opened and the polls have turned against his race based referendum.

Originally published as Anthony Albanese moves to rewrite support for The Voice campaign as treaty weakens