Depending on which critics you asked this week, the voice is either a toothless tiger or a threat to treasured institutions – it can’t be both
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Assuming we go to the polls in mid-October to decide yes or no to enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution, there are about 16 weeks of campaigning ahead.
Sixteen weeks of opinions, debate, discussion, misleading commentary and ridiculous memes to go. And, possibly a culture war or two. In the middle, 881,600 (approximately) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whose lives have once again become a very public political football.
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