Some top Voice campaigners began drafting a vow of silence before Australians had even finished voting, but not all are comfortable remaining quiet.
Some of Australia’s top Indigenous Voice campaigners began drafting a statement vowing a week of silence before polls closed on referendum day.evening after the referendum result became clear and called for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags to be lowered to half-mast for the week.
“The truth is that we offered this recognition and it has been refused. We now know where we stand in this our own country.” Sources said Douglas pulled together the final wording on a document that compiled contributions from one or more of the senior Indigenous leaders. All of them declined to comment, with one noting that “it’s not that we are not working, we are talking to each other and taking stock after something that has been pretty bruising”.
Sources abiding by the vow of silence said some leaders were frustrated that Albanese and other pro-Voice politicians were, in their view, downplaying the potential role of racism and misinformation in an attempt to minimise political fallout and allow the government to move on from the loss.Allira Davis, the niece of Uluru Dialogues leader Megan Davis and chair of the Uluru youth dialogue, said on X, formerly Twitter: “The PM is moving on tonight.
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