Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien on the Voice to Parliament Handbook
Follow The Money
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The Implications of Indigenous Affairs in Australia
The co-design group that spoke to nearly 10,000 indigenous people and had 110 further consultations after the Uluru Statement. They've come up with a proposal for 24 people to represent the voice selected from urban, regional, and rural communities around Australia. There is an implication that somehow this is going to lead to much more money flowing into indigenous communities, into indigenous hands. For a start, indigenous people will not have a say on money. And ultimately it will be judged on when we see the gaps in inequality closing. That comes from our democratically elected people in the parliament. It'll go through a whole committee process before the final shapes of the voice emerge.
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