Thomas Mayo & Kerry O'Brien on the Voice to Parliament Handbook
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The First Indigenous Voice
Harold Holt established three people inside his own office to give him advice on Indigenous matters, and they were all white men. That was the first voice, and it wasn't Indigenous. Malcolm Fraser comes in after Gough has sacked, he fiddles with it,. He reduces the numbers, he narrows the parameters for selection. Bob Hawke comes in, he gets rid of it, but it takes a while for him to put a replacement in. When he does, it's at sick - which is really quite a big step forward. And we've got a short chapter in the book from Marcia Langton and Fiona Stanley, which highlights several areas where there are clear successes and why
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