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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised to hold a referendum on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians if the Voice is defeated at the ballot box next month, and he wins power at the next election.<\/p>\n

Setting out some of his alternatives to a Voice that is written into the Constitution, the opposition leader said he supported \u201cregional voices\u201d and the recognition of First Australians.<\/p>\n

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has promised another vote if the Voice referendum fails.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n

But he highlighted the latest move by the Yes campaign \u2013 its use of John Farnham\u2019s You\u2019re the Voice anthem \u2013 to criticise the government for not providing more detail about how its proposal would work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a sense, it\u2019s the appropriate theme song for the Yes campaign, because remember that the key line in the lyrics there is, you know, \u2018you\u2019re the voice, try to understand it\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI honestly don\u2019t think most Australians understand it. And they want to be informed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the Voice as an \u201cadvisory committee\u201d chosen by Indigenous people but has not said how many members it would have, or specified how they would be elected.<\/p>\n

While Albanese set out his case for the Voice at a campaign event last week, Dutton has not outlined his alternative in detail but took questions on Sky News on Sunday morning that canvassed how the Coalition might try to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage.<\/p>\n

Asked what he would do if the October referendum was defeated and the Coalition won the next election, Dutton said he was willing to negotiate the creation of local and regional consultation groups in response to a report to the government by Indigenous leaders Tom Calma and Marcia Langton last year.<\/p>\n

Dutton said the Coalition would go to the next election with a policy to hold a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the Constitution, but without a Voice specified in the Constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I believe very strongly that that is the right thing to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut enshrining a voice in the Constitution is divisive, it will divide the country down the middle. It will not provide the practical outcomes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will change the way of government very significantly, because of the broad words.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think it would grind the process of government decision-making to a near halt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albanese warned last week about a halt to progress on closing the gap if the Voice was defeated at the referendum.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoting No leads nowhere. It means nothing changes,\u201d he said in his campaign speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cVoting No closes the door on this opportunity to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Albanese said the Voice would be independent of daily politics, would be set up to offer advice and would not prevent the parliament from making decisions on laws and funding.<\/p>\n

He used his speech to quote a key section of the proposed change to the constitution, the last of three provisions on how it would work, which says the parliament would have the power to make laws regarding the \u201ccomposition, functions, powers and procedures\u201d of the Voice.<\/p>\n

Dutton\u2019s remarks on Sunday are the first comments since the referendum launch last week that suggest Australians would go to another referendum on Indigenous recognition if the Voice is defeated on October 14.<\/p>\n

Uluru Dialogue co-chair Professor Megan Davis said Australians want constitutional change that isn\u2019t just symbolic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no use going to referendum if it\u2019s not going to change the daily lives of First Nations peoples,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s zero evidence anywhere in the world that a statement of recognition changes anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Professor Megan Davis does not want a \u201csymbolic\u201d referendum. <\/span>Credit: <\/span>Luis Enrique Ascui<\/cite><\/p>\n

South Australian traditional owner Kirstie Parker said Dutton\u2019s comments showed the opposition leader wasn\u2019t listening to Indigenous communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome people have said the referendum is an expensive exercise,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd here we have the opposition leader proposing to spend the same amount of money on something that would not change lives. That\u2019s the poorest investment of Australian taxpayers\u2019 dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked how many people will make up the Voice, which Albanese has called an advisory committee, Davis said that detail would be worked out by parliament, should the referendum succeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur primary focus is getting the principle embedded into the constitution. [That principle] is that we should have a voice and we should be at the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Uluru Dialogue co-chair added that it was not up to her to say whether the people who make up the Voice should be paid.<\/p>\n

The elected representatives of Victoria\u2019s First Peoples\u2019 Assembly, for example, are paid a stipend. However, the exact figures are not publicly available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Australian parliament has rules about how you pay people within the framework and machinery of governance,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n

As for how soon after a successful referendum she and others would like to see the Voice implemented, Davis said she was hoping for at least one day of rest after voters attend the ballot box.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019ll be a period of design where communities are asked to contribute to what the Voice looks like. Once that process is finished, it will enter the parliament. I don\u2019t want to speak for the prime minister or the government, but that is the conventional way these things occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

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