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Indigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited' (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 11 months ago by unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

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[-] No1@aussie.zone 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, you're right. It's easy for me to type it on a keyboard, and totally different living it.

I'm half frustrated and half in despair that I just can't see a way forward. With the way the Voice campaign went, my god, just imagining the level of FUD around a treaty hurts.

[-] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly I'm a pretty cynical person but even I overestimated how ready Australia was to discuss these issues. Misinformation certainly played a role in how things played out but I can't help but think there wasn't already quite fertile ground within our culture for it to grow. I personally think if people couldn't really get behind the voice then treaty is going to be very tough.