Why isn’t Peter Dutton campaigning in Alice Springs? Especially considering how much time he spent there during the Voice referendum?

Well it’s because it’s David Littleproud’s territory apparently.

I’m the leader of the National Party, want to see the is its own party, I’m responsible for Lingiari. And that’s why I’ve invested my time continuing to be here.

I will be the one that sits beside Peter Dutton in determining the policies for this country, as the leader of the National Party. P

eter has been to Darwin…and my responsibility is to Lisa Siebert and to make sure that she is elected and that is the will of the National Party and the one I take very seriously and I have shown respect, I have shown respect of the people of Alice Springs in central Australia that are not about announcements, it’s about real solutions and you talk about we had a big vote back in October couple of years ago around the Voice, Peter Dutton are I were in the parliament the next week, moved motions to have a Royal Commission on child sexual abuse, move the motion to have a forensic order into the spending of Australian taxpayers money in Closing the Gap.

We made it clear because of the leadership of Jacinta Price about why we didn’t support the Voice, was about that should be about local elders and we want to give that ownership of expanding and giving local ownership of land councils rather than a couple of big ones controlling it all.

That is about leadership, resolution and that’s what I come back to Alice Springs, what I show is respect for the people of Alice Springs, I don’t come here and drop announcements and go, I have been here half dozen times this year alone.