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At the end of the day, it was the Governments responsibility to sell the idea to the public, initially everyone was fine with the idea.

When people started asking logical questions, as to why does any of this require a change to the constitution, the Government has had trouble articulating it and the more times they stuff up while trying to explain it the more nervous the population gets, it isn't rocket science.

If they don't have a practical voice already, then a lot of people who are currently employed in Canberra should be sacked and if the voice does get up, one would assume a lot of people will be sacked, because one would have thought to actually look after their portfolio they would already be listening.

We already have a parliament, we already have the people who decide everything, the voice can't over rule parliament, the voice has no power you say.

So why have a referendum, just start another section of Government dedicated to aboriginal affairs and give them access to the elders simple and saves all the paperwork.