Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the leader of the National Party for his question. I do note, from the Leader of the Opposition, that he's spoken about it being a waste to have a referendum. There's a reason why the National Party perhaps have asked that rather than the Liberal Party, because the Leader of the Opposition committed during the recent referendum to hold another one. That's what he said. He stood up on multiple occasions—on 11 August, on 3 September, on 18 September—and said his plan, put out there for all to see, was he wanted people to vote no in this referendum, then to have an election in which he was successful and then to vote yes in another referendum. That's what he said, repeated times, before people voted. Before people voted on Saturday, he gave a solemn promise that he would support a second referendum being held.

Then, of course, the Leader of the Opposition, as well, was someone who presided over the 2014 budget he was involved with. What did they do when they came into office when it came to Indigenous health programs?

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