Academic Anthony Dillon says First Nations peoples are not “one homogenous group” and explains why he is against the Voice to Parliament. About 9 million Australians voted at one of 7,100 polling places around the country on referendum day.
Academic Anthony Dillon says First Nations peoples are not “one homogenous group” and explains why he is against the Voice to Parliament.
About 9 million Australians voted at one of 7,100 polling places around the country on referendum day. “What we’re seeing today with the Voice is actually – it’s a similar thing to what I was talking about 25 years ago,” he said. “This assumption that Indigenous Australians are fundamentally different to non-Indigenous Australians and that they have different needs – they don’t.
“To see them as one homogenous group has been to the detriment of Indigenous wellbeing over many years.”
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