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'A Judas betrayal': Noel Pearson criticises Liberal opposition to Voice

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Noel Pearson, wearing a brown hat, speaks at a lectern
Cape York leader Noel Pearson speaks at Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land, August 3, 2019.(ABC News: Tim Leslie)

The Liberal party has finally settled on a 'no' position on the Indigenous voice referendum.

Noel Pearson says it's a "great betrayal" of the country, and a "sad day" for Australia that there won't be bi-partisan support for an "important national enterprise".

Guest: Noel Pearson, one of the key architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart; Cape York Indigenous leader; Academic

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Government and Politics, Constitution, Law, Crime and Justice, Indigenous Policy
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