Aboriginal people feel Labor isn’t listening to them after voice defeat, Uluru statement co-author says
Exclusive: ‘They consult only with those who have contracts with them,’ Megan Davis says as Reconciliation Week begins
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One of the architects of the Indigenous voice to parliament says Aboriginal Australians increasingly feel the government isn’t listening to their views on laws and policy design, warning against closed-shop public consultations in the wake of the referendum defeat.
Megan Davis, a constitutional scholar and signatory to the Uluru statement from the heart, said the re-elected Albanese government was facing growing displays of discontent and needed a new approach to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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