The chief executive of advocacy group GetUp, Widjabul Wia-bal woman Larrisa Baldwin-Roberts, has condemned Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for his past actions and questioned his position on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Borrowing a phrase from Mr Dutton, Ms Baldwin-Roberts said the only people who have treated Australians "like mugs" is the Liberal leader himself.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clashed with the Opposition Leader after Mr Dutton called for more detail on the Voice proposal in a "letter" that was provided to the media before the PM received it.
Ms Baldwin-Roberts said it is time to address "the divisiveness of Australian politicians and the political wedges they continue to use as a clear tactic to stir up controversy".
"Australia has become a dangerously complacent country that allows politicians like Dutton to use this moment to transparently attack a vision where we can start to have deep conversations about what our future looks like - instead allowing cynical political games to be played with dog whistle politics," she said.
"This is the same old divisive Peter Dutton who boycotted the apology to the Stolen Generations, not the changed man his PR team is trying to sell voters.
"We need to address the growing inequality in this country that First Nations people and communities face and to have deep conversations about what our democracy looks like."
In a statement, GetUp said the Voice to Parliament "gives the Australian Government the opportunity to make policies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people, rather than for Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people".
Ms Baldwin-Roberts said the organisation's vision is "for a fair and flourishing Australia has truth-telling, treaty and self-determination as its foundation".
"This is a once in a generation opportunity for First Nations justice. These political party stunts Dutton is trying to create will derail and irreparably damage the fights for treaty, land rights and truth telling in this country," she said.
"GetUp speaks for over a million members who are prepared to stand with us and do the work that politicians are not brave enough to do. This is what will set the course for equality and justice and create a better future for us all."
The group will be campaigning and organising in the lead up to the referendum, which could happen as early as August this year.
