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Criticism of the Voice to Parliament from the conservative side of politics has ratcheted up ever since Peter Dutton’s decision to oppose it.
The main accusations are: the proposal for the Voice is coming from elites and not ‘regular’ Indigenous Australians, and it won’t achieve practical change.
Today, union organiser and member of the referendum working group, Thomas Mayo, on the loudest voices against the Voice.
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