Voice To Parliament, at least in terms of its ideological intent and vision, promises to be the final big step forward to give First Nations Australians equal constitutional recognition, equal say in in our parliaments, and equal influence over legislative outcomes, as all other Australians.
To that extent, prime minister Anthony Albanese is bound to have the support of at least the greater majority of Australians.
If implemented and administered in the correct manner, assuming Albanese and Labor succeed in getting it over the line in the referendum, Voice stands to unite First Nations Australians and other Australians, like never before.
But the danger is, if it isn't, and Voice is ever allowed to become an answerable to noone bureaucracy, if its members have personal agendas of their own, and they use it to "settle old racial scores", then contrary to uniting Australians of all backgrounds, it will soon become a very divisive institution, forever enshrined in our constitution, which can never be removed.
The term "advisory board" in any political context generally always should be seen as a warning sign.
In the case of Voice, it's a stark warning sign that whatever form it takes that its representatives must not be given any special status above what every parliamentarian has.
Albanese should be pitching Voice as a "senate within the senate", not an unelected advisory board which is not bound or subject to any constitutional accountability and transparency.
Meaning - that the government is not seeking to make it a seperate vehicle and instrument to all the workings in parliament, that its charter will extend to representing all Australians, not just First Nations Australians, on a whole range of issues.
That's what you call uniting Australians, not dividing Australians.
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