If the Voice referendum proposal is passed, the Indigenous will have no more voice than they have today. The Indigenous already have the right to be heard, by letter writing, and the Voice wording makes no obligation on the government to enforce any request made by the Voice.
The Voice is therefore a mute voice. Furthermore, the vagary in the wording could allow non-Indigenous, even foreign vested interests, to exploit those loopholes, to advantage themselves, at the expense of the Indigenous and the rest of us.
There is a more rational way, that would actually give a real voice; the creation of Indigenous senators, one from each state or territory, to be voted on, only by people of Indigenous descent, verified by blood test if necessary. They could then bargain with their votes, to obtain real benefits for their people.
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. 
