NO MAKARRATA COMMISSION
The Australian and the ABC have led their coverage overnight with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ruling out a Makarrata commission to lead truth-telling about First Nations history. Both point out it had been a Labor election promise, with the ABC saying the government had already allocated $5.8 million towards its establishment. Guardian Australia said Makarrata is one of three ambitions of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, alongside a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which was rejected in last year’s referendum, and a treaty or treaties.
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