• @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    A lot of the commentary I have seen online from non-Indigenous voters, even those who voted yes, is that the government needs to get back to matters of real concern (according to these people). Sadly it seems there is a very real danger of this being the end of mainstream Australia’s interest in Indigenous affairs for the foreseeable future.

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      61 year ago

      Yeah. Forgive me for saying so but this outcome is more or less a mandate to not do anything.

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        61 year ago

        There’s nothing to forgive, I think that is the reality we are facing. We are still very much in this history wars era where we would rather remain willfully ignorant of our past than confront it and move forward as a modern nation. Australia is stuck in the dark ages when it comes to recognition of its Indigenous peoples and it’s embarrassing. Not just because we’re so far behind other former colonies, but because we don’t seem to think there’s anything wrong with that.