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“The fact is that the parliament has the right to decide on the structure of what this Voice is. It’s not upsetting any status quos. In fact, it’s reinforcing them, because it is reinforcing the Constitution as the key founding document of this country.

“To see [Prime Minister] Anthony Albanese reiterate over and over again that there will be no power of veto does say an awful lot about the politics of fear.

“His message has been: ‘Oh, we’re giving them rights, but we’re not giving them any real rights’.”

According to Liddle, all this stems from “Australia’s lack of ability to reconcile with its past and its present”. It also arises from “the ongoing legacy of colonisation and the … very real impacts that they have on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples”.

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/celeste-liddle-voice-truth-telling-first-important-step

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"Albanese has also fed cynicism about the Voice by refusing to act on issues ... such as deaths in custody, child removals, or mining companies destroying Indigenous land.

The corporate branding of the Yes campaign has shown how distant the campaign is from the lives of Indigenous people. The bosses of Wesfarmers and BHP are on the board of the Yes campaign as are Liberal party stalwarts Tony Nutt and Mark Textor.

Albanese even wore a Rio Tinto shirt to a press conference to show his support for the mining companies."

https://solidarity.net.au/mag/current/voice-to-parliament-another-example-of-albaneses-aversion-to-serious-change/