Commentary
A voice that speaks out of both sides of its mouth is not to be trusted. And so it is with The Voice proposal on which we will need to cast a vote later this year.
Having been promised that this is a move to unite us, we see The Voice dividing our community.
It is unlike the Liberal initiated referendum of 1967, which was designed to take race out of the Constitution, attracting over 90 percent support of Australians. This proposal will, if carried, scrape through with the barest of margins leaving us divided.
Most telling is the powerfully persuasive opposition emanating from within the Indigenous community, which was thankfully absent in the 1967 referendum….