Governments now need to empower some of the existing Indigenous Australian bodies after the Voice referendum’s defeat, says Jesuit priest and Voice co-design group member Father Frank Brennan. Fr Brennan has called for governments to prioritise and listen to these bodies, including the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation.
Governments now need to empower some of the existing Indigenous Australian bodies after the Voice referendum’s defeat, says Jesuit priest and Voice co-design group member Father Frank Brennan.
Fr Brennan has called for governments to prioritise and listen to these bodies, including the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. “I think there is goodwill and there is general agreement in the community and on both sides of the political island Canberra that something more has to be done to close the gap,” he told Sky News Australia.Fr Brennan’s comments come after Indigenous leaders undertook a week of silence in response to Australia voting against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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