‘Hypocrisy and arrogance’: SA Labor government ‘pressing on’ with state-based Voice

South Australia Legislative Council Opposition Leader Nicola Centofanti says the “hypocrisy and arrogance is alive and well” in South Australia with its Labor government. Ms Centofanti’s comments come as the South Australian government pushes for a state-based Voice to Parliament following the loss of the 2023 Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum. “64 per cent of South Australians voted against the federal referendum, but yet Peter Malinauskas and this state Labor government are continuing to press on with their state-based Voice,” Ms Centofanti said. “I think this government should really be looking into the reasons as to why the community didn’t want a federal Voice. “That is because they are the same reasons as to why people don’t want a state Voice – they don’t want a state Voice because it’s another layer of bureaucracy. “They don’t want further division based on race.”