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What a disgrace.
What a betrayal of Ken Wyatt, one day after he was sent out to make the case for a referendum on genuine change.
What a betrayal of Ken Wyatt, one day after he was sent out to make the case for a referendum on genuine change.
What @JasonVScott says:
On what other issue could you imagine sending out a minister to make the case for a referendum on a long-established, much-discussed issue, and then shoot it down off-record to the Oz the next day?
On what other issue could you imagine sending out a minister to make the case for a referendum on a long-established, much-discussed issue, and then shoot it down off-record to the Oz the next day?
Political bastardry of the highest order.
I wasn't expecting a referendum from this government, so why raise and dash hopes of one in a single news cycle. The Indigenous affairs portfolio is the only one I could imagine being treated with such insouciance.
I wasn't expecting a referendum from this government, so why raise and dash hopes of one in a single news cycle. The Indigenous affairs portfolio is the only one I could imagine being treated with such insouciance.
If this was normal politics I'd say Ken Wyatt's position as minister has been made untenable and he should resign in protest.
But this is Indigenous affairs in Canberra and I can see why he might want to hold on rather than hand the job to a Nigel Scullion type.
But this is Indigenous affairs in Canberra and I can see why he might want to hold on rather than hand the job to a Nigel Scullion type.
I should say, one major reason I suspect Wyatt doesn't resign is that he knew this when he stood up and *he's* the original source for the off-record claim that Morrison would veto constitutional change.
Which tells you something about how difficult his position is, trying to sweep the table with only a 2 and a 3 in his hand. But the game's been rigged in advance.
I had thought this was the most important line in Ken Wyatt's speech ... 
Turns out this was the most important line:
