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Like reconciliation, co-design and a myriad of other policy mantras, truth-telling glosses over the acute power imbalance that drives Indigenous disadvantage, writes co-chair of the Uluṟu Youth Dialogue, Bridget Cama.
A national truth-telling process is not universally supported by Aboriginal people, and recent enthusiasm for a national Indigenous truth commission has been met with perplexity by many in grassroots communities. However, without a national Voice, there is no credible mechanism to gauge the full breadth of community sentiment.