The proposed constitutional change was based on an ideology of Indigenous separatism. It is not the way to get the progress that First Nations people so clearly need.
On the anniversary of the Voice referendum, it is timely to reflect on what we have learnt and give some thought for how best to help Indigenous Australians.
I don’t intend to do a full postmortem on why it failed, other than to say it was simply wrong to assume that Indigenous Australians somehow lack a voice on matters that affect them. Instead, I am writing this because I believe the idea of a Voice-like proposal is still relevant a year after the referendum, for reasons I discuss here.
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Anthony Dillon is an honorary fellow of the Australian Catholic University.
