The Voice to ‘draw a line in the sand’ and ‘close the gap’

The Voice to Parliament referendum will provide a change, improving the lives of Indigenous people and helping to finally close the gap, according to the Referendum Working Group's Professor Marcia Langton. The Voice will reflect all the recommendations and improvements which the government didn’t adopt over the years, Professor Langton said. “It is so infrequently that our recommendations are adopted, this is why we cannot report on many improvements in the closing the gap indicators,” Professor Langton said. “We’re here to draw a line in the sand and say this has to change – people’s lives have to improve and we know from the evidence that what improves people’s lives is when they get a say and that’s what this is about.”