That famous T-shirt the prime minister was photographed wearing said: 'Voice, Treaty, Truth'. And this same triple word slogan has been seen at many Voice referendum rallies.
So, what does it mean? Well, the ‘Voice’ we all know about, because we’ve followed the debates about for months now.
The older meaning is recorded from 1539, and means pretty much what you’d expect it to mean: ‘The action of telling the truth or speaking honestly.’ Also, in extended use with reference to Indigenous peoples in other countries, including the Māori people of New Zealand.’This meaning of"truth-telling" seems to have been coined by David Headon, in an essay he wrote for a book calledThis appears to be what the Uluru statement means when it calls for ‘truth-telling about our history.’It makes no reference to telling ‘the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth’ .
It was a brutal, horrifying and vicious mass murder. And exactly the sort of thing that this specialised notion of ‘truth-telling’ would want to focus on.
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