Letter to The Editor - Why is it that for half a century or so powerful interests have kept trying to alter public opinion

To The Australian          The cross-party parliamentary committee that has just reported on indigenous constitutional recognition ("Renewed push for indigenous 'voice'", 31/7) is badly out of step with public opinion. Australians, generally, can see that such a move would jeopardise our future political stability and security, and that it is inequitable in unjustly favouring one small and ill-defined group of citizens. Why is it that for half a century or so powerful interests have kept trying to alter public opinion on this matter. Who are they and why is it so important for them? Is it because a divided nation would be easier to manipulate, via the UNO, in the interests of massively powerful financial elites?
  Nigel Jackson, Belgrave, Vic