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The Voice would have renewed Australian democracy. Its failure leaves us all worse off

  • Written by Sana Nakata, Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University

There’s long been a fundamental issue underpinning Australia’s approach to Indigenous affairs. The state makes laws specifically about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples without any protected mechanism giving them a say in the process.

The proposed Voice to Parliament sought to remedy this democratic deficit. Had the...

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