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Australia: Indigenous groups say voice referendum ‘unleashed a tsunami of racism’
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Indigenous groups who supported the voice campaign have broken their week of silence to express shock and grief at last Saturday’s result, accusing Australians who voted no of committing “a shameful act whether knowingly or not”.
The 12-point statement – issued on Sunday evening and described as being the “collective insights and views of a group of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, community members and organisations who supported yes” – said Australia had chosen “to make itself less liberal and less democratic” by voting no at the 14 October referendum.
“Post-referendum commentaries that exculpate those who voted no were expected as the usual kind of post-election approbation of the electorate,” the statement said.
The CLC noted on Sunday morning that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people all over remote Australia voted yes.
The council said while the outcome was disappointing, it recognised the courage of the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, for bringing the request for a voice to a vote.
The prime minister said he stood by his comments on referendum night, promising to listen to what Indigenous Australians call for.
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