00:00 There will be much consideration of why Australians voted the way they did, but that doesn't address
00:07 the immediate calls for Indigenous people to be heard and empowered to put forward the
00:12 solutions to some of the challenges they face.
00:16 To that end, it appears this campaign might have revealed a sliver of political unity,
00:21 with almost universal agreement that the existing approach to Indigenous affairs is not working.
00:27 With the public rejecting the voice proposal, much of the power to listen to First Nations
00:32 people in order to effect change for Indigenous Australians remains with the Parliament.
00:38 The problem being, that's the system that has failed so far to close the gap.
00:44 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Government will wait for the dust to settle before charting
00:48 a course forward on Indigenous affairs policy, such as pursuing a Makarrata Commission for
00:53 Truth-telling and Treaty that he wants to be driven by Indigenous Australians.
00:58 Opposition leader Peter Dutton has begun a walk-back, which will likely end up with a
01:03 backflip on a second referendum on recognition only, and is again calling for another Royal
01:09 Commission and a spending audit, both policies the Government has little interest in pursuing.
01:15 Where Mr Dutton stands on his recent calls for a legislated local and regional voice
01:19 remains unclear.
01:22 Today in the Parliament, both the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader were looking to
01:25 place blame, but failed to identify any solutions.
01:29 The voices in Canberra will soon seek to move on from the referendum.
01:34 The same luxury won't be afforded to Indigenous Australians, who now face a choice between
01:39 walking away from reconciliation, or continuing to hold out the hand of friendship in the
01:45 face of another rejection.
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