The Greens could soon be at odds with their own Indigenous Australians spokesperson, as Dorinda Cox threatens to withdraw her support for the Voice.
to question the need for a Voice, saying: "We are not even listening to the voices of Aboriginal people in our communities".
"What is the point in having constitutional recognition, as we the First Nations of this country continue to fight, scream the loudest, and express our distress [at] someone coming in and committing Juukan 2.0 in Murujaga country by removing those rocks," she asked.Dorinda Cox blasts Woodside's comments as 'absolutely disgraceful'
Woodside chief executive Meg O'Neill on Wednesday accepted the company had moved culturally-significant rock art in WA's Pilbara region during the 1980s.but claimed the removals were carried out in a"culturally sensitive way at the time"Senator Cox described the comments as "absolutely disgraceful", saying mining companies "do not hold social licence in our communities".
"[They] continue to cause this destruction in the name of economic development ... in the name of money and corporate profit that they are making," she said.Senator Cox assumed the role in February, when predecessor Lidia Thorpe, who has expressed scepticism over the constitutional change, quit the party partially to "speak freely" on Indigenous issues.SBS News has contacted Greens leader Adam Bandt for comment.
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