Patrick Dodson said Australia has to reconsider its national integrity and honour after the defeat of the Voice to parliament referendum, as he announced his retirement from parliament because of illness.
The man known as the Father of Reconciliation said serious divisions in the community were the legacy of the No campaign’s success at the October referendum, which was rejected in the national vote and in every state and territory except the ACT.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
