Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Julian Leeser

Birmingham’s Voice refusal delivers more trouble for Dutton

The Liberal split over the Voice appears to have widened further, with a senior MP saying he will refuse to campaign for the no case.

The New Daily

Indigenous voice opposition has cost the Liberals Julian Leeser and Ken Wyatt. The own goals are mounting

Its Indigenous voice opposition has cost the party two key figures, Julian Leeser and Ken Wyatt. The casualties are starting to stack up

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ‘super El Niño’ threat, tax crackdown on landlords, artist John Olsen dies

Modelling says the drier climate pattern will return, while tributes flow for one of Australia’s greatest artists

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

'Alarmist': Burney clobbers critics of Indigenous voice

Allowing the voice to advise the public service as well as parliament would help improve outcomes for communities, the Minister for Indigenous Australians says.

AAP

Ken Wyatt says Indigenous Voice to Parliament must be allowed to advise ministers

One of the most prominent Indigenous figures in recent Liberal politics says the Voice to Parliament will be hamstrung if it cannot directly advise ministers, saying his former colleagues should have "no reason to be afraid" of the proposal.

ABC News

Leeser stance is a setback for Dutton’s leadership

The decision by Peter Dutton to actively front and campaign against The Voice has been a major problem from the outset.

The New Daily

Liberal colleagues praise Julian Leeser’s Indigenous voice stance, claiming yes vote now more likely

MP Bridget Archer said she had ‘much respect’ for the former shadow Indigenous Australians minister’s ‘courage and integrity’

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

View from The Hill: Julian Leeser shifts his own dial in the Liberal Party

The decision of Julian Leeser, who has resigned from the opposition frontbench to campaign for a yes vote on the Voice to parliament, is both principled and pragmatic.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Liberal fallout over voice continues; Julian Assange’s big boost from Canberra; and an AI news reader debuts

Shadow attorney general Julian Lesser quits opposition frontbench to support yes campaign for Indigenous voice

The Guardian - AU

Australia opposition lawmaker quits shadow cabinet over Indigenous referendum stance

An Australian opposition lawmaker quit the shadow cabinet on Tuesday in disagreement with his Liberal party's decision to campaign against a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Aboriginal and Torres Island people.

Reuters

Dutton denies Voice stance driving Liberal Party split

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton denies the resignation of his spokesman on the Indigenous Voice is a sign of wider Liberal dissatisfaction.

The New Daily

Watch: Senior lib quits over Voice, Budget preview, Contraceptive class action

Watch: The Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser has this morning quit the frontbench over the Liberal Party's opposition to the Voice

The New Daily

Australian lawmaker breaks ranks to support Indigenous Voice

A senior lawmaker has split from Australia’s opposition party leadership by supporting a proposal to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The Independent UK

Julian Leeser, Liberal spokesman on the Voice, quits opposition frontbench to campaign for yes vote

The shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Julian Leeser, has quit the shadow cabinet, declaring he was resigning “on a point of principle” so he could campaign for a yes vote at the referendum to insert an Indigenous Voice into the Constitution.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The New Daily

Senior Liberal quits over Indigenous Voice opposition

Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser has quit the Coalition frontbench over its decision to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

ABC News

Shadow Attorney-General Julian Leeser quits Liberal frontbench to support Voice to Parliament

Julian Leeser, who was the shadow attorney-general and held the Indigenous Australians portfolio, resigned from the Liberal frontbench this morning over his support for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

The Guardian - AU

Julian Leeser resigns from shadow cabinet over Liberals’ voice stance

Shadow attorney general quits frontbench less than a week after Peter Dutton announced Liberals would oppose Indigenous voice to parliament

AAP

Quitting Liberals due to voice a hard call, says Wyatt

The first Aboriginal person to be Indigenous Australians Minister, Ken Wyatt, has hit back at opposition claims about the voice.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

At least three senior Liberals pushed back against Indigenous voice opposition in shadow cabinet meeting

Exclusive: Simon Birmingham, Marise Payne and Paul Fletcher spoke out against plan as Julian Leeser proposed allowing MPs a free say

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals' Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

The Guardian - AU

Greens claim opposition leader ‘trying to ignite a culture war’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

ABC News

Woman and three boys killed in NSW car crash, Liberal Party to meet over Voice referendum, and Hugh Jackman's latest skin cancer scare — as it happened

This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happen.

The New Daily

Dutton defies calls for change, with Liberals tipped to reject Voice proposal

Peter Dutton appeared to hold firm against calls to bring the party towards lost seats in metropolitan Australia.

AAP

Liberal MP calls for free vote on Indigenous voice

Ahead of a key party room meeting about the Indigenous voice, Peter Dutton faces pressure to allow MPs a free vote on supporting the proposal.

The Guardian - AU

PM reportedly issued invitation to visit Beijing – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the House of Representatives

the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

40 stories

The Loop

34 stories

the Voice to Parliament

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.