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After the voice defeat, we can never again allow politics to suspend the cause of Indigenous justice – Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan (www.theguardian.com)
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A hundred days on from the unsuccessful referendum, it’s time to rebuild momentum for the rights of First Nations people

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The Coalition decided to turn the Voice into a political football. Once they saw that their initial FUD got traction, they doubled down on it, kept spreading the same lies, even the ones that had been refuted a hundred times, and weaponised the division they created. To them it became primarily about damaging Albanese, even more so than denying constitutional recognition to Indigenous people.

The reason Dutton 'favours' a legislated version of the Voice is that it can be un-legislated any time and at the whims of any future government. We've seen many versions of Indigenous representation come and go, some legislated, some not. The only thing that will have a lasting foundation is constitutional recognition. And that's what conservatives don't want.