Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien on the Voice to Parliament Handbook
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The Voice of Indigenous Peoples in Australia
Ebony is a veteran journalist from Bongilong country. She has seen the highs and lows of contemporary indigenous history in Australia, post-colonial. "I can actually sympathise with and understand those indigenous people who are skeptical about the voice," Ebony says. The huge difference I think with this attempt at a greater fairness and a greater harmony between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is that this concept has come from indigenous people. This is not an invention of Canberra. This was indigenous voices to the people really. They've asked the Parliament to facilitate this referendum, but they are placing their expression and their hope in front of all of the people of Australia. That is the huge
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