Living Black

When it comes to Indigenous affairs, one of the most contentious parts of Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministership was his rejection of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Karla Grant sits down with former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull where he reveals for the first time, in detail, why he did not support an Indigenous voice enshrined in the nation's constitution, a key recommendation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and why he ultimately rejected the proposal in October 2017.

After a five-year struggle, a brave Gumbangerri family find where their lost son and infant brother was buried in the southern hemisphere's largest cemetery, and had him exhumed and reburied on country. What they didn't expect was to uncover a racist and incompetent NSW funeral system, or to find themselves proposing new culturally appropriate burial laws for First Nations Australians. Karla Grant joins the Kelly family as part of this special investigation and repatriation of baby Michael's remains.

Karla Grant investigates why the Voice to Parliament failed within days of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and speaks with those at the centre of the debate about if a Voice ever stood a chance.