No voters have "rocks in their head", page-72

To answer your question, at least narrowly as it applies to the referendum on the Voice. The 1967 referendum established the capacity for the federal government to legislate on a racially defined basis on behalf of Aborigines. The purpose of the Voice is that where such legislation is enacted it's done so in a manner advocated by the Aboriginal community rather than by government whose concerns may well be distant too, or ignorant of Aboriginal interests. Whether that would improve decision making in this area, time will tell. What it would do is place responsibility for outcomes on Aboriginal people. Currently, about once a year a white minister for Aboriginal Affairs tables a report showing targets have not been met in a range of areas on Aboriginal advancement. This is never followed by the relevant Minister resigning their position due to their failure to meet the targets. It's followed by inertia in which the same report of failure is tabled the following year. By placing influence and responsibility in the hands of a defined Aboriginal entity like the Voice, their might also be more action, because failure in that area affects the majority of their constituency, rather than 3% of the Australian population if it's done through the broader framework of a national government.

Reaper.