ALBANESE SAYS VOICE WON’T BE HEARD ON CLIMATE

Anthony Albanese was unimpressed by a question on whether the Voice would provide advice on climate and energy policy.

The Prime Minister has said an Indigenous Voice to Parliament would not provide advice on climate and energy policy.

At a press conference, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said a question on whether the Voice would be consulted about climate change was “very strange”.

“The Voice is about matters that directly affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people,” he said.

“People shouldn’t look for, on the Voice, distractions.”

Albanese ridicules the idea that the Voice would play a role in climate policy

All that coal and gas he’s planning to mine is on stolen land

Right now Black communities displaced by recent floods remain in makeshift camps

No climate justice without Black sovereignty pic.twitter.com/EpQCvkV6KS

— Padraic Gibson (@paddygibson) March 27, 2023

Last year, the United Nations found Australia’s former Coalition government violated the rights of Torres Strait Islanders by failing to act on climate change and contributing to rising sea levels.