South Australia is going ahead with a Voice to Parliament despite the failure of the federal referendum. Could the model be adopted by other states and territories?
The daughter of a trailblazing Aboriginal land rights pioneer whose negotiations helped return 10 per cent of South Australia to the Anangu people hopes a Voice to state parliament will build a bridge for Indigenous communities to thrive again. "So that we can build more services and more happiness," Pukatja artist and pastor Melissa Thompson told SBS News. "To make a better bridge, a fresh bridge that we can walk on.
And the state Voice will have a direct line to parliament, cabinet and government agencies, about policy and matters of concern to their communities. It will establish groups to hear from young people, elders and the Stolen Generation and about Native Title. Only First Nation South Australians living in the local division are eligible to vote.
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