Allan government leading Australia down a ‘race-dividing road'
'I mentioned this treaty process being foisted on Victorians by a hard left Labor state government earlier in the week. Well, we now have a lot more detail and it's a whole lot worse than any of us realised, me included,' Mr Price said.
'Put simply, a standing royal commission paid for by Victorian taxpayers to the tune of $65 million so far has sat for four years.
This thing is called the Yoorrook Justice Commission and has handed down to Parliament its final report, it's got 100 recommendations and they expect to be ticked off by the Parliament.
'It's a race-dividing road we should not be going down, but sadly, we are already well down that road.'
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