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A Voice to Parliament would advise the “executive government” – that is, ministers and the public service – on issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Indigenous communities have campaigned for the right to a permanent place in the country’s constitution. A crucial referendum looms. But have conservatives stopped listening?
When Credibility Matters
The denial of Anglo peoplehood -- indeed, the active dehumanisation of those who built this nation -- has been an alarming and all too frequent fixture of what passes for the Voice debate. If we are to achieve the fabled reconciliation of which we hear so much, it won't be until indigenous campaigners concede white Australians' forebears did more than poison, evict and oppress
Indigenous communities have campaigned for the right to a permanent place in the country’s constitution. A crucial referendum looms. But have conservatives stopped listening?