☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>Day 26 cont 🚫⚫️🟡🔴</p><p>“Nationals leader <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DavidLittleproud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLittleproud</span></a> says one of his “proudest” moments of his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> has been to oppose <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TheVoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheVoice</span></a> to # parliament.</p><p>Speaking to the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NationalPressClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPressClub</span></a>, Littleproud says it wasn’t a decision that was made quickly by his party room.</p><p>Within our party room, in a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/respectful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respectful</span></a> way we undertook a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/committee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>committee</span></a> within our party room to listen [to the] yes and no case, to understand what the machinery would look like, what it would mean for us who represent some of the most <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/disadvantaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disadvantaged</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a> in remote areas.<br>Littleproud says the voice would have repeated “mistakes of the past” and was not the way to empower local communities.”</p><p>A reminder Littleproud has no tertiary <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, a rarity in leadership teams in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greens</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Independents</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/24/australia-election-2025-live-labor-coalition-teal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-policy-cost-of-living-voting-spender-pamphletntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6809ab7d8f08e65b05d1de6e#block-6809ab7d8f08e65b05d1de6e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/live/2025/apr/24/australia-election-2025-live-labor-coalition-teal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-policy-cost-of-living-voting-spender-pamphletntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6809ab7d8f08e65b05d1de6e#block-6809ab7d8f08e65b05d1de6e</span></a>></p>