Balance
Cathy Wilcox
In his speech at the Garma Festival, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese outlined the ‘starting point’ for how he would propose to change the Australian Constitution to include a ‘First Nations Voice’. He asked all Australians ‘of goodwill’ to engage with the process. Cathy Wilcox suggests that perhaps not everyone who does so will be acting in good faith.
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