So, after the Voice defeat we are going to witness a week of silence, a symbolic mourning and grieving by the Yes side of the Voice referendum. It is not just those indigenous activists who supported the Voice, but apparently the prime minister as well is going to button his lip. We will see if he can do this; my bet is that he will speak, then say, no, the time of silence has not yet started. Then he speaks again, to play the blame game, and will reset the clock of guilt once more. Forever, or until he loses in a leadership challenge.
The claim that the No vote was a rejection of reconciliation is nonsense, since the referendum as never about that, with the issue of reconciliation being way down the list. And I would argue, that the entire idea of reconciliation should be rejected for the historical absurdity that it is: