The Voice will be back. By Noah Yim in The Australian.
Trade unions have broken with Anthony Albanese’s decree that the Labor movement move on from the failed Indigenous voice, declaring a legislated or constitutional Aboriginal decision-making body is vital to ending racism in Australia. …
The ACTU is the umbrella organisation for unions in the country and often front-runs policy that ends up on the Labor Party’s national platform. The most recent suite of industrial relations reform, Mr Albanese’s recognition of Palestine, and key elements of the government’s latest controversial tax package were all strongly advocated for by the ACTU.
By breaking with Mr Albanese’s policy of listening to voters and never again pushing for an Indigenous voice, the ACTU is the first major public institution to re-embrace the Uluru Statement on a national level. The move could ignite Indigenous leaders and activists who still believe an Aboriginal-only decision making body is necessary.
Another referendum perhaps? The ruling class is delusional if they think they will succeed in their second attempt to install a racist governance structure in Australia’s constitution. Unless, perhaps, they first change the electorate.