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The political trap behind the Indigenous Voice to Parliament

3 September 2019

5:00 AM

3 September 2019

5:00 AM

The biggest obstacle facing the campaign for Indigenous constitutional recognition remains the lack of detail concerning the role and operation of the proposed Voice to Parliament.

Supporters of recognition who dismiss so-called scaremongering critics concerned about the creation of a ‘third chamber of parliament’ – on the grounds that the advice given by the Voice will be non-binding and parliament will, therefore, remain supreme – ignore what’s really behind the recognition movement: the politics of Indigenous affairs.

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