What can we learn from the marriage equality vote about supporting First Nations people during the Voice debate?
- Written by Braden Hill, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students Equity and Indigenous), Edith Cowan University
In recent months in Australia, we have seen vigilante racism in Rockhampton, booing, abuse and vitriol directed at First Nations footy players, and the appalling treatment of First Nations children jailed in adult prisons.
Racism is a major issue in the debate over the proposed First Nations Voice to Parliament – and it will likely only...