Sitting alongside three prominent supporters of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, the Nationals MP raised issues he has with the proposal.
about whether to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the constitution.
Peris disagreed with Joyce, pointing out how the Constitution from the outset defined people by race to the detriment of Aboriginal people."[Since] 1788 we've been discriminated against," Peris said. "1788, Union Jack planted, it was declared terra nullius, no man's land. So we became invisible then. But we know all the atrocities, the massacres and all the policies that happened, shifted Aboriginal people of their respective communities.
Joyce suggested the legislation may have already been drafted. “But they just don't want to show us that yet,” he said. Constitutional law expert Anne Twomey previously told the ABC it would be inappropriate for the government to release draft legislation ahead of the vote. Later in the discussion, Mundine said it was "important" not to blame the campaign or discussion around it themselves for the "vitriol and hatred" that had been unleashed.
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