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Actually it is.  If you had read reports leading to the referendum question you would know the idea of a Voice was added to help close the gap:

"..., many of those consulted by the Panel supported the idea that constitutional recognition could provide a more positive framework within which the issues collected under the heading ‘closing the gap’ could be addressed more successfully." 

Furthermore, the Voice was originally only the 5th option of the Referendum Council that reported to government in 2017:

"... a fifth option, providing for a First Peoples’ Voice to be heard by Parliament, and the right to be consulted on legislation and policies that relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples."

And the Council also stated:

"... it is our view that they are inextricably linked to the issue of constitutional reform"


Yet it was what drove the option of a Voice ahead of mere recognition.


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