After the voice defeat, we can never again allow politics to suspend the cause of Indigenous justice | Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan

A hundred days on from the unsuccessful referendum, it’s time to rebuild momentum for the rights of First Nations people

In the lead-up to the voice referendum there was widespread consensus that Australia needed to do more to improve the lives of First Nations peoples but there was significant disagreement about how to go about this.

Australians rejected the proposal for a voice to parliament embedded in the constitution. Monday marks 100 days since that unsuccessful referendum. By now we expected those who campaigned against the constitutional reform would have stepped up with their proposals about how to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. Alas, there has been only a deafening silence.

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