Business should lean in for Indigenous voice: Linda Burney

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Ms Burney — a Wiradjuri woman, set to become the second person with Indigenous heritage to hold the portfolio — says she views her immediate task as being a consensus builder.

The Albanese government is pushing business leaders to actively campaign for an Indigenous Voice to federal parliament, with

Ms Burney — a Wiradjuri woman, set to become the second person with Indigenous heritage to hold the portfolio — told“I think there is enormous support in the business community,” she said. “And obviously, I want to build on that, and give businesses the opportunity to publicly state their support, because that’s going to be absolutely fundamental going forward.“In my view, closing the gap [of Indigenous disadvantage] really does depend on the involvement of business.

Only eight of 44 referendum proposals have been supported by voters since Federation. The last successful proposal was carried in 1977, but the landmark 1967 proposal on Indigenous rights secured more than 90 per cent support - the highest support ever recorded at a national referendum.Incoming Country Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, a Warlpiri woman, has campaigned against the Voice proposal, calling it a “fad” and a distraction from more important issues for Indigenous Australians.

 

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Corporate support? Is that corporate guilt? Just like BLM, are you seeking white guilt money to fund everything other than communities in need? The white guilt money will fund your lifestyle? Am I close?

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