Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party plan to oppose the Indigenous vote in parliament

Opposition leader Peter Dutton will announce that the Liberal Party will not support an indigenous vote in parliament.

Party sources claimed the Liberal Party will instead support a different model of ‘local and regional voting’, rather than Labour’s constitutionally enshrined national vote to parliament.

Earlier on Wednesday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese commented on Dutton’s position, saying: “[Peter Dutton] tried with every expression to undermine support for a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum…I wish that wasn’t the case.’

Under the model of Anthony Albanese, the Voice will protest to both parliament and the executive government on issues affecting indigenous peoples.

Australian citizens will be asked to approve or reject the Voice to Parliament in a referendum to be held later this year.

Political reporter Chris O’Keefe announced the opposition’s long-awaited formal decision on Wednesday afternoon.

Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party will formally oppose The Voice’s current model. Position will be non-binding on backbenchers,” he wrote.

While Liberal backbenchers will be free to advocate their own views on The Voice, following the party’s usual policy, frontbenchers – such as Shadow Indigenous Minister Julian Leeser – will have to stick to the official party position.

The announcement follows a two-hour meeting in Canberra on Wednesday where the party held a vote to determine its approach to the Voice.

Party sources said liberals will support recognition of indigenous peoples in the constitution, but not in the form of a vote, the The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The Liberal party will also commit to reaching a compromise with Labor on the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment after a parliamentary inquiry presented its findings on the matter at the end of May.

“This is not a hard ‘no’, despite what Labor will say,” said a Liberal MP.