Indigenous voice referendum AMA: does the need to sell the voice weaken its potential power?
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Dr Amy McQuire, Durambal and South Seas Islander journalist, believes that while “a lot of Aboriginal people do support the voice”, there have been “Aboriginal communities who have felt voiceless” during the campaign efforts to appeal to non-Indigenous voters. Yes campaigner Thomas Mayo, Kaurareg Aboriginal and Kalkalgal/Erubamle Torres Strait Islander man, agrees that the voice will have to work to gain the trust of Indigenous communities and believes that advocates will “be holding our representatives to account”.
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