Senator criticises push to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution, saying it is an ‘insult’ to First Nations people’s intelligence
Thorpe called on the government to call off the referendum, saying it had caused only harm and division.this month there would be “no delaying or deferring” the vote, expected in mid-October.
“I think even with a yes vote outcome then it’s still a denial of what the Blak sovereign movement is about and it’s hand-on-heart do-gooders who think they know what’s best for us.The senator, who said she represented the activist Blak sovereign movement, proposed five elements instead of the voice to end what she called the war on Indigenous people that “started on the day the boats arrived”.
Thorpe also called for the Labor government to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which the Howard government voted against in 2007.
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