Compassion. In all of the discussion about the Indigenous Constitutional Voice that is the one word missing. In all of the column inches, in the voices on the airwaves where is compassion?
On Q+A this week we devoted an hour to the many and varied views on the Voice, from no to yes, from sovereignty and treaty to justice and law and politics, but not once did anyone utter the word compassion.
Without compassion how can we begin to bear the weight of Australia's great sin? How can we begin to move toward healing, truth or forgiveness without first compassion?
