'Voice' named 2019 word of the year by Australian National Dictionary Centre
- molly510
- Dec 10, 2019
- 1 min read
“Voice” – as in Indigenous voice to parliament – has been named the 2019 word of the year by the Australian National Dictionary Centre, beating “quiet Australians” and “fish kill.”
The term was first used to define a First Nations representative body by Noel Pearson in 2015 and is defined by the dictionary as “a formal channel for Indigenous input into the making of laws and policies affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people”.
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