Submitted by Paul Daley on
Why did the federal government persist with the charade of Indigenous consultation if it never had any intention of change beyond symbolism?
Barely two days after the federal government, under cover of a ministerial scandal, put out the trash with its rejection of Indigenous pleas for a constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament, Malcolm Turnbull’s legacy in black Australia is all but fully defined.
In the linguistically and culturally diverse urban, regional and remote communities that comprise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia, Turnbull will now go down as the prime minister with the tin ear. And the tin heart.
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