To this day, a war is still being waged against Indigenous Australians by a colonial state.

That is the vision sketched out by Senator Lidia Thorpe this week in a landmark speech.

She says a Voice to Parliament would simply be “window dressing” and an “insult” to the intelligence of Indigenous Australians still living under violent colonisation.

So is a Voice to Parliament really an extension of Australia’s shameful past? Or could it help overcome that trauma?

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Daniel James, on why it’s important to listen to Lidia Thorpe – even if you’re voting Yes.

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