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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has slammed Peter Dutton after the Opposition Leader sent the PM a list of questions asking for detail about his proposed Aboriginal Voice to Parliament.
Mr Albanese is hoping the country will support Labor's proposed parliamentary advisory body at a referendum later this year, but the plan has come under fire for lacking an explanation of just how it would work.
On Sunday, Mr Dutton accused the PM was treating Australians 'like mugs' and demanded Labor flesh out its plan by answering 15 questions about the make-up of the proposed Voice and its function.
Mr Albanese issued a furious tweet late on Sunday fuming about how Mr Dutton published his questions in an open letter to the media, when the pair had caught up and privately chatted at the cricket last week.
Anthony Albanese (pictured with partner Jodie at the Boxing Day Test) hit back after the oppsosition leader fired off an open letter about
'So even though I talked with Peter Dutton on Friday at the McGrath Foundation event, he gives a letter to multiple media outlets as 'exclusive' on constitutional recognition and the Uluṟu Statement- a letter I still haven't seen,' Mr Albanese tweeted.
'People are over cheap culture war stunts.'
Mr Dutton hit back several hours later.
'You’ve had 7 months to answer questions. Friday at the McGrath Breast Cancer fundraiser wasn’t the place to discuss. Happy to talk anytime when you have the detail,' he replied.
Mr Dutton said his letter was issued on behalf of millions of Aussies 'who just want the detail'.
He claimed his rival was 'making a catastrophic mistake' by not providing 'accessible, clear and complete' information on the proposed Voice.
Mr Dutton added the government risked losing the referendum should they not let the public know exactly what it was voting for and believed the proposed voice will fail if questions aren't answered.
'People have got reasonable questions. There are many Australians if they had detail in front of them about a particular model, they could support the voice,' Mr Dutton told reporters on Sunday.
'You can't just say to the Australian public as the prime minister, 'you vote at an election ... on a Saturday and
