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Why the Voice referendum failed – and what the government hasn’t learned from it

  • Written by Gabrielle Appleby, Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney

More than two years on, you’d be forgiven for thinking the story of the failure of the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice has been neatly folded away and filed as a story of inevitable loss. Bipartisanship was essential. The country was not ready. Racism raised its ugly head. The proposal was too radical.

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