Do We Really Need an Indigenous ‘Voice’ to Parliament?
Indigenous Australian looks on after watching the live televsion broadcast from Australian Parliament in Canberra where Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered an apology to the Aboriginal people, in Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 13, 2008. Kristian Dowling/Getty Images
While Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his minister for Indigenous affairs frolic together with NBA basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal, the proposal for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament (the Voice), devolves into a bully pulpit for elitists, Aboriginal academic activists, media, and the rich and powerful.
Warren Mundine
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Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO is director of the Centre of Independent Studies’ Indigenous Forum and a prominent commentator and media personality. He has advised three prime ministers on Indigenous issues, and was a former president of the Australian Labor Party. Mundine holds executive and non-executive positions across several companies and has 30 years' experience in the energy and mining industry. Mundine is also a lover of the arts and is the former chair of the NAISDA Dance College.
