Co-chairs of the Indigenous voice co-design groups speak out about ‘bewildering’ arguments made against campaign. Follow the day’s news live
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Langton is asked about how concerned she is about the prospect of a No campaign with Aboriginal woman Jacinta Price planning to be quite active there.
I have mixed feelings about that. It’s unfortunate that the Nationals have injected misinformation and vitriol into the debates so early on.
We’ve been through this many times over these kinds of campaigns. I mean, I am saying this now is a bit like you know, the Adam Goodes saga which is terribly unfortunate.
Will there be a draft of legislation that that will be considered?
I suspect not … what we’re working on is looking at what the question will be that goes into the referendum, and we’ve been guided by what the prime minister said at Garma.
In that 51 people membership that we had in the co-design process, that comprised the majority of key Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander players around the nation who are working on local voices at the moment, they’re working on other processes at a state level, so it’s very well informed.
Continue reading…Co-chairs of the Indigenous voice co-design groups speak out about ‘bewildering’ arguments made against campaign. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastLangton is asked about how concerned she is about the prospect of a No campaign with Aboriginal woman Jacinta Price planning to be quite active there.I have mixed feelings about that. It’s unfortunate that the Nationals have injected misinformation and vitriol into the debates so early on.We’ve been through this many times over these kinds of campaigns. I mean, I am saying this now is a bit like you know, the Adam Goodes saga which is terribly unfortunate.Will there be a draft of legislation that that will be considered?I suspect not … what we’re working on is looking at what the question will be that goes into the referendum, and we’ve been guided by what the prime minister said at Garma.In that 51 people membership that we had in the co-design process, that comprised the majority of key Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander players around the nation who are working on local voices at the moment, they’re working on other processes at a state level, so it’s very well informed. Continue reading…