First Nations people are accustomed to being left at the back of the queue during election campaigns, which typically shrug off the shameful inequalities experienced by so many Indigenous voters.
So it was a notable shift to hear incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese open his victory speech with what he spelled out as a key ambition — creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
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