Recently, The Australian has run a series of articles, six at least, pushing the idea of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. A common theme is that this Voice needs to be ‘enshrined’ in the Constitution, ostensibly to put it beyond the reach of governments to emasculate it.
Chris Kenny, a journalist whom I admire more than almost any other, has written recently in The Australian, concerning the proposed Voice to Parliament:
Former prime minister Tony Abbott — a leading opponent of the Voice, to be sure — neatly argues that recognition of Indigenous Australians would not alter the constitution so much as complete it.
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