Big companies use lobbyists, often ex-ministers, to gain access to current ministers.
What deals are done at their meetings? Perhaps bribery in the form of million-dollar donations, none of which are made public.
A Voice would go some way to giving Indigenous people the same access to politicians.
Under the current system individual appeals and even the voices of Indigenous politicians are so often ignored.
Who better than Indigenous people themselves to advise solutions to their problems?
The Voice will be a panel of Indigenous people, elected by their own communities, who can advise government on their issues and needs.
A ‘No’ vote means a continuation of the same policies which have failed time and time again.
A ‘Yes’ vote will mean new policies based on the knowledge and advice of Indigenous Australians.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
