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A Pyrrhic victory: the unfinished business of closing the ‘Gap’

17 October 2023

3:19 AM

17 October 2023

3:19 AM

The Voice has been defeated, but the victory of the ‘No’ case could be described as a ‘Pyrrhic’ victory because closing the ‘Gap’ remains unfinished business.

During the final week of electioneering, the ‘Yes’ camp made a determined effort to convince undecided voters of the need to entrench this bureaucratic Voice behemoth in the Constitution.

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