Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

No, I can't confirm that. I've met with the referendum working group on a number of occasions. We met for two days around the cabinet table, and every member of the referendum working group was completely committed to going forward. What we've done here is exactly what we said we would do, which was to have a referendum. Last year, I put forward a timetable that we stuck to, a timetable that said there would be a referendum in the last quarter of this year. I spoke on multiple occasions about it being at a time after the grand finals were held and after the parliament would vote for a referendum to be held, which the parliament did in June. Now, I'm not quite sure what way the member for Page voted in that legislation, but the Leader of the Opposition sat over here and voted for the referendum to go ahead.

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