Mick Gooda says voice referendum failed because of ‘crash through or crash’ strategy

Indigenous leader says yes campaign lacked necessary bipartisanship and federal reform for Aboriginal people has come to a complete standstill'

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Indigenous leader Mick Gooda has blamed a flawed crash through or crash" strategy for the failed voice to parliament referendum, arguing in a speech that the result has seen federal reforms for Aboriginal people come to a complete standstill".

In a speech delivered at the National Aboriginal Press Club in Brisbane on Friday, the co-chair of the Queensland Interim Truth and Treaty Body said the yes campaign's strategy lacked necessary bipartisanship or detail, while criticising the negative tactics used by the no campaign, which he believed received funding from people or groups in the US.