PoliticsNow: Axe 'risky' voice clause to avoid referendum defeat, Liberal MP Julian Leeser says
The clause which lets the voice 'make representations to parliament and executive government' could fuel a no campaign, Opposition Indigenous spokesman Julian Leeser warns.
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