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Behind the Lines

Wade In

Anthony Albanese carries a net to catch a butterfly. The butterfly is in the colours of the Aboriginal flag and has the word 'Voice' on it. Albanese is waist-deep in a swamp.

Brett Lethbridge
29 May 2023

Brett Lethbridge shows Prime Minister Anthony Albanese so focused on catching a rare butterfly, the Voice, that it has barely registered on him that he has waded into a swamp of division. Politicians from both sides of the debate accused the other side of dividing the nation, with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton claiming the Voice itself would ‘permanently divide us by race’.

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