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The Voice failed the ‘man from the moon test’. Its architects must come back to earth

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The government got it hopelessly wrong, ignoring the lessons of history and failing to understand Indigenous and non-Indigenous contemporary Australia.

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Celebrity money and endorsement created its own hubris, compounding the notion of the Yes campaign being a creation of the political elites.

For months, Indigenous Australians were verballed and patronised with the outrageous claim that 80 percent of First Nations people were on board with the Voice.Smart political insiders often say there is no point getting policy right if the politics is wrong and there is no point getting the politics right if the policy is wrong. Those planets need to align – or at least align enough.

. But effective healing will only happen with effective ownership of what went wrong. Nelson Mandela introduced us to the maxim of “truth and reconciliation”. Putting the truth first is essential in that process. What will not be forgotten by Australian governments for decades to come will be that, in 2023, the referendum spectacularly failed. The reasons will become the reference point for decision-making about future referendums for generations. The suggestion that this failed referendum could poison the well for other constitutional reforms is not far-fetched.

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