A year on from the Voice referendum, the country remains split about what the result means — and about the best path forward.
As rapper and broadcaster Nooky , aka Corey Webster, drove to work on Sunday, October 15, last year, bad thoughts rolled in, uninvited.Yuin rapper Nooky , aka Corey Webster, says he's only just starting to move on from the referendum defeat as the anniversary nears.
A year on, as the referendum anniversary nears, Nooky feels ready for what will come next in the fight for justice and equality. "We're all on the same page here. We could not see any advantage of putting a Voice to Parliament in Canberra. Simple as that.""Australia is the land of the fair go," he says.For Jim, the money spent on the Voice referendum could have been invested in Indigenous training programs.
"For most people that I spoke to, none have ever met anyone from the First Nations community — so unfortunately, what they had known were quite racist tropes. She says the focus now should be on "serving Australians on the basis of need, rather than racial heritage". "I think it's really difficult, particularly for people living in the city, to imagine what it's like in some remote communities where you can't even have clean drinking water," she says.'Constitutional recognition has not gone away'
"It was clear that Aboriginal people wanted it. It's birthed a generation of young Indigenous leaders, and 6.5 million Australians walked with us," she says.'I felt very lonely in that moment' He adds the National Party's opposition to the referendum was based on not wanting to repeat "the mistakes of the past".Prominent Yes campaigner Thomas Mayo says writing a book — Always Was, Always Will Be — and speaking to his Elders helped him move on from the failed vote.One of the main faces of the Yes campaign, the Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal, Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man travelled the country trying to convince Australians about the need for the Voice.
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