Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday, in an interview with Patricia Karvelas on Radio National, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese misrepresented his party's support for a federal treaty with Indigenous Australians, and he continues to mislead Australians about the obvious link between his Voice and his federal treaty process. He has contradicted his own words and those of his current ministers. As shadow minister, Linda Burney said:

… we will also make makarrata—treaty and truth telling—a priority.

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It will work with the voice to parliament when it is established.

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With respect to treaty, it would recommend a framework for federal treaty making …

As shadow Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus said:

Labor has committed to honouring that request by establishing in government as a matter of priority a makarrata commission. … the commission's oversight of treaty would include developing a framework for federal treaty-making …

As opposition leader, Anthony Albanese said:

An Albanese Labor government will establish a Makarrata Commission as a priority.

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It will work with a Voice to Parliament when it is established …

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The Makarrata Commission's treaty responsibilities will initially include:

On 12 February 2020, in the House of Representatives, Anthony Albanese also said, 'The Voice must be followed by truth-telling'—