On Saturday, the Voice to Parliament referendum was defeated and my initial reaction was relief.
I was relieved the divisive, unnecessary referendum campaign was over without the insertion of a fundamentally unsatisfactory amendment to our Constitution.A whole lot of time and money spent talking about Indigenous affairs without a single practical solution is not to anyone’s benefit.
Labor has retrofitted its narrative around the referendum as mere facilitation of a request by Indigenous Australians - as if it was a mere conduit and took no decision itself in the scope, nature and wording of the proposal.On election night last year, Mr Albanese committed to implementing the Uluru Statement in full.Labor foolishly thought they could steal a glorious moment in history for themselves and thus refused to entertain any amendment to the Voice proposal, writes Caroline Di Russo.
Labor foolishly thought they could steal a glorious moment in history for themselves and thus refused to entertain any amendment to the proposal.It has also been claimed that the Voice proposal was “denied” bipartisan support by the Coalition.Bipartisanship means negotiating a position that has the broadest possible support, even if it means you don’t get everything you want.
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