Julian Leeser tried to sugarcoat his fundamental differences with Peter Dutton and much of the Liberal party room on the Voice.

Julian Leeser tried to sugarcoat his fundamental differences with Peter Dutton and much of the Liberal party room on the Voice.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen

Here is a less varnished truth.

Leeser,the man chosen by Dutton to lead the opposition on matters of law and Indigenous affairs,has quit the frontbench at the very moment Dutton’s leadership is most in question,so Leeser can campaign against his political leader’s view that Aboriginal Australia shouldn’t have a constitutional Voice.

Most awkward for Dutton. Very.

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