Pat Dodson and other Indigenous politicians back focus on truth-telling after voice referendum failure

Retiring senator says Labor will continue to consult Aboriginal communities as survey finds a majority of Australians would support truth-telling and treaty processes

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Leading Indigenous politicians have backed calls for truth-telling to be prioritised after a major new survey found a majority of Australians would back such a process, despite the failure of the voice to parliament referendum.

The outgoing senator Pat Dodson said Labor would continue to consult with Indigenous communities on the future of the Uluru statement – keeping the door open to a Makarrata commission on truth-telling and treaty processes. The Indigenous Australians minister, Linda Burney, said she had heard great support for truth and treaty in her own post-referendum discussions, but these were not the only items on her agenda.

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