In a bruising statement, Indigenous leaders have blamed “appalling and mean-spirited” decision-making for the defeat of this month’s referendum.
movement say its rejection by a majority of Australian voters was a “shameful act” from which nothing positive can be interpreted for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
They blamed lies and misinformation for the drubbing, saying support for the Voice collapsed when the Coalition and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton opted to oppose it. The statement, which does not have names of individual leaders attached, blamed the No victory on think tanks including the Institute of Public Affairs, the Centre for Independent Studies, and mainstream media organisations.Criticism of Indigenous No campaigners Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Nyunggai Warren Mundine and Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle appears to have been removed, after a draft of the statement was leaked.
“We thank those Australians who gave Yes more support at this referendum than they did to any political party.”“It is the legitimacy of the non-Indigenous occupation in this country that requires recognition, not the other way around.The statement, released in the form of an open letter to all Australians, including the Albanese government and members of federal parliament, represents “the collective insights and views” of Indigenous leaders.
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