'The Voice to Parliament'. Illustration by Badiucao. Read the letters tp the editor here:
– “Generosity deserves reciprocity” . This should be compulsory reading for all who care about Australia taking its rightful place in the world. A nation that puts right the wrongs of the past can only then move forward.
I am a white, middle-aged woman living in one of the whitest suburbs in Melbourne, and even I know that this is not true. The need to start Australia’s journey to face the truth about our past, and offer some hope for “mob”, has never been more real. Bring on the referendum.I find it easy to understand Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s unwillingness to support the Voice to Parliament. In the late 1970s I worked in East Arnhem Land for the Commonwealth Health Department.
All Indigenous communities deserve a voice, and we owe it to them, but if that is all it is, it will be another useless exercise and will only serve as a “feel good” measure for our politicians.Australia’s land and creatures have been ravaged over the past 200 or so years, after 66,000 years of care by our Indigenous populations.
Once established, it is then the job of bureaucrats to advertise, inform and assess applications in line with the established criteria.
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