The Voice failed because a just cause was never matched by an adequate process, so any lasting settlement …
Decoding challenges facing the global Church through contemporary theology.
Interpreting contemporary realities through the lens of the Bible and the Church’s Magisterium.
The Christian East viewed through faith, history, and dialogue.
Decoding challenges facing the global Church through contemporary theology.
Interpreting contemporary realities through the lens of the Bible and the Church’s Magisterium.
The Christian East viewed through faith, history, and dialogue.

The Voice failed because a just cause was never matched by an adequate process, so any lasting settlement …

Fr Frank Brennan SJ AO was a member of the Calma/Langton committee that guided the Co-Design process to develop options for an Indigenous voice to parliament. He has published four books on Indigenous constitutional recognition: Sharing the Country (Penguin Books, two editions, 1992 and 1994); No Small Change: The Road to Recognition for Indigenous Australia (University of Queensland Press, 2015); An Indigenous Voice to Parliament: Considering a Constitutional Bridge (Garratt Publishing, 2023, three editions) and Lessons from our Failure to Build a Constitutional Bridge in the 2023 Referendum (Connor Court Publishing, 2024).
Three years after the Voice referendum’s defeat, recognizing Australia’s First Peoples will require not just moral conviction but a credible process, legally sound wording and broad consent, with bishops holding justice and prudence together.
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