Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Voice referendum came from long years of consultation by successive federal governments with Aboriginal communities and leaders, culminating in the Uluru Statement from the Heart ( Letters , October 17). This document called for makarrata – to progress national reconciliation.
It was never meant to totally ameliorate Indigenous disadvantage, and it is a shame that we were not ready for this step forward. I wonder how many Australians have read the Uluru Statement. I hope this unfinished business can be addressed.
Martin Frohlich, Adamstown Heights Another straight-faced letter defending the indefensible, explaining away the No vote last year as a considered response to inadequate constitutional safeguards. What a load of rubbish. “If you don’t know, vote No.
” Admit it, it was a celebration of ignorance. Peter Dutton cynically opposed the vote for the shallowest of reasons. Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine gave non-Indigenous voters a licence to be racist.
The misinformation was epic. Of course if we wanted an educated opinion we could have looked to Anne Twomey or a cast of High Court judges who clearly explained the proposal was modest and overdue, but as it turned out we only needed the flimsiest of excuses to tell the black fellas to shove off. To our great shame.
Phil Bradshaw, Naremburn Prime Minister Anthony Albanese presented with a copy of the Uluru Statement from the H.