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Previously, former Indigenous Australian Minister Ken Wyatt said there would be consequences if the Liberal Party did not support a vote in favor of the Voice.

The former liberal minister spoke on ABC’s Radio National this morning and was asked about a report that liberal leader Peter Dutton would vote against.

“I think it’s a shame. We haven’t sat at a decision-maker’s table in a very long time in Australia’s history,” Wyatt said.

The Noongar, Yamatji and Wongi men were the first Indigenous peoples to become Australian Indigenous Ministers.

“There have been many groups that have been abolished when they sat down at the table and delivered messages that the government didn’t like,” he said.

He said that was the reason it was so strongly urged to include it in the Constitution that it could not be easily repealed because the Cabinet and government did not like the truth.

“I am disappointed that my former leader is now voting against it,” he said.

The former minister said the Liberals should have met in a sitting week rather than calling a snap meeting today.

Wyatt also said parties cannot ignore the will of the people on the referendum.

“Parties that have not been contacted will pay the consequences in the future,” he said.

“This is not all a new initiative.