Four elected members and a senior staff member have resigned months after South Australia's inaugural First Nations Voice to Parliament elections were held, with one outgoing leader describing the model as 'unsustainable'.
South Australia's First Nations Voice to Parliament elections took place in March.Four elected members and a senior staff member have resigned months after South Australia's inaugural First Nations Voice to Parliament elections were held.What's next?
"I know there were a variety of reasons for the people that have resigned that have included, I think, from moving interstate to taking on new employment that doesn't allow flexibility to do that, and for other personal reasons," he said.Mr Barnes and Ms Axelby declined to comment. The ABC has contacted Ms Makepeace for comment.
The Adnyamathanha elder said he was considering his future because of "barriers being put before me" that do not "give me any freedom to be able to say what I want to say to represent my people in region three"."I just thought … what's the purpose of being a voice for my people?" "Having known Uncle Charlie for many, many years I don't think any attempts of that sort would be at all successful," Mr Maher said.Uncle Charles also expressed concern about the independence of elected members of the Voice who are also state or federal government employees.
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