A failed referendum should not stop the government from moving forward with a treaty and truth-telling, independent senator Lidia Thorpe says.
More than half of Australians, and all six states, overwhelmingly rejected the proposal to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the constitution.
“The problem with the referendum is that it was just shoved down our throats so hard. We were told it's going to be good for us. And if Australia doesn’t support us in that, Australia doesn’t love us? Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe says she wants Anthony Albanese to sit down with the blak sovereignty movement. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Crosling
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