Here’s a simple truth, one that every Australian knows in their heart.

If we want to make a difference in the lives of our most marginalised, we have to begin by putting a stop to treating Aboriginal Australians differently.

This is what I wrote in The Australian on the weekend and the response from Aussies has been overwhelming.

The message is loud and clear to anyone who wants to listen.

You and I do not want a nation where one group of people is constitutionally separated from the rest of society based on the colour of their skin.

It hasn’t worked so far, has it?

For decades, governments and activists have treated Indigenous Australians as though we are hopelessly broken and less than everyone else.

Billions of dollars of investment has been wasted on the ideological premise that Aboriginal Australians have disadvantage written into our racial heritage.

And now they want to overhaul our constitution to enshrine that broken system in the heart of our democracy forever?

It’s just constitutionally enshrining division and defeat.

Have a look at the activists and politicians campaigning loudest for the divisive Voice.

Those same people who are now arguing that Aboriginal Australia is “voiceless” have been at the table using their voices for decades.

And they’re the same ones who have overseen the failure of the system so far.

Not only that, taxpayers have poured billions into their failed ideas.

In fact, four very senior Aboriginal politicians – Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, Labor senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Patrick Dodson and Labor MP Marion Scrymgour – have more than 65 years of collective experience within state, territory and federal parliaments.

And now they want their failure written into the Constitution?

No way!

The truth is that these loud, powerful voices are all the evidence you need that any human who can gain an education can take advantage of what our nation has to offer.

Despite what they tell you, success has little to do with race.

It has everything to do with treating Aboriginal people no different to anyone else.

Constitutionally enshrining the very voices that have perpetuated the ideological notion that Aboriginal Australians are inherently disadvantaged, is constitutionally enshrining failure.

Yours in unity,

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, on behalf of FAIR AUSTRALIA