Australia’s Brexit moment: why the Indigenous Voice referendum failed
The Yes campaign failed to provide voters with a consistent, compelling message.
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Tim Soutphommasane
Tim Soutphommasane is a political theorist and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Oxford. He was Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner (2013-18).
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