Garma Festival media panel hears Indigenous debate has soured since Voice
Since Australia resoundingly rejected an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in 2023, media heavyweights say debate on Indigenous issues has taken a nosedive.
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Australia's political leaders have become too fearful of backlash to follow through on any significant promises to Indigenous Australians, according to a panel of media heavyweights.
Three years since the failure of the Voice to Parliament referendum, the panel at the Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land tonight dissected how the majority 'No' vote in 2023 has led to a perceived void in political action around Indigenous advancement.
Former editor-in-chief of The Australian, Chris Mitchell, accused the nation's political leaders of "dropping the ball" on Indigenous affairs since the referendum, and having "just moved on".
Chris Mitchell, former editor-in-chief of The Australian newspaper, joined the media panel at Garma Festival. (ABC News: Billy Cooper)
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