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

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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