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The New Daily
David Fagan

Alas, no poetry, it’s the verbs in this bill that reveal true power of the Voice

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Words are the currency of politics – they can be the bouquets or bullets that swing an argument, win over doubters and shape the futures of cities, states and nations.

We’re all soon to vote on a set of words that, depending on interpretation, will establish the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, either a start to righting the historical wrong of dispossession of this nation’s first settlers or the beginning of a constitutional nightmare that permanently disrupts our orderly system of government.

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