Rejecting the voice shows Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong

"Australia has overwhelmingly voted not to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, and the nation has changed forever."

"The referendum became by proxy a vote on Indigenous peoples’ right to exist in our own land. Imagine – just try – how that feels today...Why are all these people deciding whether we belong or not?"
"White Australia doesn’t want to give blackfellas anything, even when it’s nothing." Melissa Lukashenko

"Australia urgently needs a national anti-racism framework and bipartisan response to racism, Race commissioner Chin Tan."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/oct/14/rejecting-the-voice-shows-australia-is-still-in-denial-its-history-of-forgetting-a-festering-wrong
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