Leading yes campaigner urges politicians not to walk away from state-based treaties and other reconciliation projects
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The prominent yes campaigner Thomas Mayo has conceded the defeat of the Indigenous voice was “embarrassing”, but has backed suggestions for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory committee which could exist outside legislation.
He also urged politicians to not abandon plans for state-based treaties and further reconciliation projects, raising concerns that Indigenous people may “continue to go backwards” without major changes in how governments make policies on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
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