Aboriginal empowerment won't come from a Voice to parliament, but through authority
By Michael Mansell
Published in The Mercury, Talking Point, pages 16 - 17
The Greens have good reason to consider if the Voice might undermine or block Aboriginal sovereignty.
In the context of empowerment, sovereignty means Aboriginal people decide Aboriginal policy. Sure, those decisions have to take account of modern white Australia’s existence, but the fundamental point remains that we, as a sovereign people, decide, not others. By contrast, by merely advising ...
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