With the issue of organised (or disorganised) lawlessness gaining more and more publicity in places as diverse as San Francisco and Alice Springs - and a common realisation that if it is too widespread, you can't easily arrest your way out of the problem of a large scale civil disobedience of laws we used to assume everyone people would value - I have been waiting for some serious voices to be raised about the matter of trust (and justice) in society.
But it seems no one wants to talk about it.
And given that there is a large component of race politics involved, I would think we need the involvement of multicultural leadership on the issue.
This is what worries me about the rhetoric around the Voice to Parliament referendum. Some on the "pro" side (and the more radical indigenous side which says "no" because it is not empowering enough) are setting up for a very corrosive message against trust in this society if the referendum fails. This seems to me to be exactly the wrong messaging needed right now.
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