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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Adeshola Ore

Indigenous rights activist Gary Foley warns voice will be ignored by government

Aboriginal activist Prof Gary Foley speaks in Melbourne on Wednesday night.
Aboriginal activist Prof Gary Foley speaks in Melbourne on Wednesday night. Photograph: Diego Fedele/AAP

Veteran Indigenous rights activist Gary Foley has warned the Indigenous voice to parliament will face the same fate as its predecessors and be ignored by governments.

Prof Foley – a critic of the proposed advisory body on Indigenous affairs – argued the voice referendum would not succeed due to Australia’s increasingly polarised political and media landscape.

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