Australia’s referendum debate has been dominated by outrage content farmers – not the voices we need to hear

‘Condemning and opposing a grassroots and sovereign First Nations-led response without offering alternatives isn’t activism.’ Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Anyone noticed an echo in the fierce debate surrounding the referendum on the voice to parliament?

It’s not the voices of First Nations people who live in poverty in many remote and satellite communities, who have poor sanitation, wretchedly inadequate housing, poor health, hindered access to education and bleak longevity prospects.