A senior figure at the Central Land Council, which represents 100 remote communities, has lashed advocates for a No vote from the left side of politics.
Advocates for the so-called progressive No vote on the Voice referendum are putting lives at risk, says a senior figure at the Central Land Council, pointing to the urgent needs of remote Aboriginal communities.
Josie Douglas, a Wardaman woman and executive director of policy at the democratically elected council, said there was “no such thing” as a progressive No vote. She said the “loudest voices” advocating for the progressive No position often had “little practical experience” of service delivery.Josie Douglas, Central Land Council
“The Voice to parliament is the mechanism for achieving what many people in remote communities want, and that’s a greater say over the policies and laws that are impacting their everyday lives.”, in which she described the Voice to parliament as a “false hope” and a “powerless advisory body”, and called for the referendum to be cancelled.
“The [Voice is a] mechanism that gives them a greater say over the policies and laws that are impacting their everyday lives,” she said. Douglas, who is in charge of the council’s anthropology, legal and mining teams, in addition to policy, says leaders within the remote communities keep saying future generations will be “committed to the same grind” if the current policymaking processes are maintained.
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