New polling has shown more Australians believe colonisation was overall a good thing for Indigenous people than it was negative – although most Australians also believe Aboriginal people have suffered intergenerational trauma from settlement. Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell discussed the recent findings. Participants polled by Resolve were presented with comments by No Campaigner and Indigenous Affairs spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in which she said colonisation had been a
New polling has shown more Australians believe colonisation was overall a good thing for Indigenous people than it was negative – although most Australians also believe Aboriginal people have suffered intergenerational trauma from settlement.Participants polled by Resolve were presented with comments by No Campaigner and Indigenous Affairs spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in which she said colonisation had been a good thing for Indigenous people.
“It found 38 per cent of people found it had been positive – 23 per cent negative but another 38 per cent saying unsure or mixed," Mr Clennell said. However, when participants were asked whether colonisation has resulted in intergenerational trauma for Indigenous people, the poll found 40 per cent believed it had.
The full Resolve polling report also shows a majority of 58 per cent of Australians are in favour of Constitutional recognition of Indigenous people without a Voice necessarily being attached with 27 per cent against and 15 per cent undecided.
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