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"A majority of voters want the Albanese government to continue to work with
Indigenous Australians to find solutions despite Saturday’s voice referendum
rout but only 38% of Guardian Essential poll respondents think the next step
should be a treaty.
As Peter Dutton on Monday dumped his suggestion of pursuing a second referendum
on Indigenous constitutional recognition in the event the voice to parliament
was defeated, the new survey of 1,125 voters finds low levels of public support
for treaty, truth-telling, a legislated voice or constitutional recognition of
the first Australians without a voice to parliament.
While 63% of respondents want Labor to recalibrate and address Indigenous
disadvantage, only 37% favour rebooting the reconciliation agenda through a
truth-telling commission, 35% favour a legislated voice rather than the
constitutionally enshrined advisory body that a majority of Australians
rejected on Saturday and 35% support constitutional recognition but not a
voice.
The Greens have called for the government to establish a national truth and
justice commission. The prime minister on Monday confirmed that the government
remained committed to pursuing Makarrata truth-telling, with Anthony Albanese
told parliament Makaratta meant “coming together after struggle”.
But the prime minister signalled he needed guidance from Indigenous leaders
about new policy priorities. Voice campaigners have withdrawn from the national
conversation for a week to grieve the referendum defeat.
In late September, with all national opinion polls suggesting the voice
referendum was heading for defeat, Albanese told
Guardian Australia the
campaign had been valuable even if Australians ultimately said no to the voice
because the debate had brought Indigenous disadvantage front and centre in the
national conversation.
But a majority of respondents in the latest Guardian Essential poll think the
campaign hasn’t improved their knowledge about the history of race relations in
Australia."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
