Dutton claims “fraud” has been allowed by indulging in Divisive Indigenous Policies and is now calling for  a “Robodebt audit” on the most disadvantaged people in the country

A political figure with a genuine interest in improving the efficiency of Indigenous programs would recognise this. But that’s not Dutton, and that’s not his Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who rejects the need for any Indigenous-specific programs or even an Indigenous affairs portfolio.

The No campaign has already peddled long-debunked lies massively overstating the value of Indigenous programs. That paves the way for the argument that it must be cut back, with an “audit” as the pretext. Notice Dutton’s language: “a travesty to see money taken away from those who are most deserving of it”, compared with those “misappropriating” it; “Australians have worked hard and paid their taxes, expecting that the taxes to be spent in accordance with the law”. That is, this isn’t merely poor policy on the part of governments acting with good intentions, but deliberate criminality — a fraud being perpetrated on taxpayers by malicious actors siphoning money away from “deserving” communities.

While one might wonder why the Coalition allowed this fraud to continue while it was in government, it acts as a rejoinder to the Yes camp’s argument that a Voice to Parliament would enable money to be spent more effectively, by identifying the real problem as deliberate fraud.

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