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Is Murdoch media about to turn against the Voice?

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The Australian's Voice Department

Noel Pearson has a particular approach to indigenous affairs which is all about taking back responsibility, getting off welfare dependency and it's easy to see how this appeals to conservatives. The dialectic of the national debate plays out on the pages of the Australian. No paper welcomed indigenous writers and political leaders more than this one. It was supposed to be the form of constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians that would be most likely to succeed on the right. And this is where the Oz was coming from in supporting the idea of a voice department.

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