The Australian’s Legal Affairs Contributor Chris Merritt says “fairness” is what Australia is all about and the Voice treating a singular group different to others will grow “resentment” among the public.
“Resentment is what will grow and that’s the antithesis of what we should be aiming at, if we’re serious about reconciliation we shouldn’t be exacerbating the differences on the basis of race,” Mr Merritt said.
“It’s inevitable once you start treating one group on the basis of race and their descendants forever … the vast majority … will not like it.
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