In the middle of a crushing cost-of-living crisis, Labor’s Penny Wong has hinted that reviving the Voice to Parliament remains on the agenda—despite Australians overwhelmingly rejecting it at last year’s referendum.

Appearing on a recent podcast, Senator Wong claimed the Voice would eventually be seen in the same light as same-sex marriage. She said, “I think we’ll look back on it in ten years’ time and it’ll be a bit like marriage equality... people will go ‘did we even have an argument about that?’”

This kind of thinking is outrageous while ordinary Australians are struggling to put food on the table and pay their bills. The fact that Labor is still entertaining this divisive idea shows just how out of touch they are.

Labor is thinking of its elitist agenda, and has neglected the millions of Australians on struggle street still reeling from their immigration induced housing crisis, the energy price crisis, the food cost crisis and the health and education crisis. 

Labor’s obsession with symbolic, racially divisive agendas like the Voice, while families are being crushed by soaring prices and shrinking pay packets, proves their priorities are outrageously wrong. One Nation stands firmly against dividing Australians along racial lines.

💬 “In the middle of an economic crisis, this is what Labor chooses to focus on? Australians are tired of being lectured while they’re battling to make ends meet.”

Was Prime Minister Anthony Albanese telling the truth when he publicly stated “It is gone” when asked about the Voice? The truth is now exposed, Wong’s comments make it known Labor hasn’t learnt a thing from the referendum result. The idea is clearly front-and-center of Labor's second-term agenda, despite millions of Australians voting “No.”

Unlike Labor, One Nation is focused on uniting Australians, not dividing them. We are working to make life easier for everyday families through practical cost-of-living measures, not constitutional changes or taxpayer-funded advisory bodies.

We believe all Australians should be treated equally, regardless of race, and that government should prioritise economic relief, not racial division. While Labor revives failed elitist ideas, One Nation offers real solutions.

Our focus is simple:

• Lowering the cost of groceries and energy
• Supporting Australian jobs and manufacturing
• Elimination of the beer tax for cheaper drinks at venues
• Ending wasteful spending and elitist agendas

The Voice debate is over. The people said no. It’s time Labor finally listened—and focused on fixing the mess they created.