#PatrickDodson @SenatorDodson@ This is all the #referendum is about. These simple words, which will finally recognise #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslander people in the #Constitution through #theVoice.#alttext

Labor senator and Aboriginal elder Patrick Dodson, in a speech yesterday (4 February 2023), said:

"There are some out there who are pressing for more detail. They will never get enough ... Our political process is in the parliament, and that’s where the detail is always settled and proposed. So don’t get distracted by the call for more detail …

"I hope that Australians will respond generously to this very simple request as the first step in us fixing things."

He stressed that reconciliation would go further, towards treaty and truth telling.

#PatDodson #PatrickDodson
#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice #UluruStatementFromTheHeart
#AusReferendum #AusPol

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nonsense-and-mischief-pat-dodson-slams-critics-of-the-voice-20230204-p5chwi.html

‘Nonsense and mischief’: Pat Dodson slams critics of the Voice

The Labor senator and Aboriginal elder also criticised Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over his calls for a royal commission into sexual abuse in the Northern Territory.

The Sydney Morning Herald