As the nation ushers in a new year following the decisive defeat of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament at the ballot box, there are still those who persist in rejecting the outcome of the referendum. Undeterred, they remain steadfast in their pursuit of race-based objectives covered within the failed referendum, such as legislating the Voice, special entitlements, truth-telling commissions, treaties, and so forth.

Nations are not static; they do evolve and change over time.