Slade Brockman: Patrick Gorman’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament comments show Labor is wildly out of touch

Comments by Labor member for Perth Patrick Gorman that “the Voice is bigger than the GST”, reveal the depth of Labor’s failure to understand the importance of the GST deal to WA, the cost-of-living pressure that WA families are currently under, and the serious disquiet in the community over a poorly drafted and unexplained Voice referendum.

Firstly, the GST was fixed by a Coalition government, in the face of numerous Labor members saying a such a solution was impossible.