still chained firmly to the bottom of
the socio-economic ladder."
Foxy,
As are many of basic wage workers who don't have the option of low interest loans & free education for their children !
Will they get a Voice enshrined in the Constitution ?

The following link explains:

http://theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/13/voice-to-parliament-wont-give-special-rights-to-indigenous-australians-legal-experts-say

Thomas Mayo's family tree is interesting:

. Father’s ancestors from: Malaysia, the Philippines, Nuie, Vanuatu and Singapore. Some German ancestry also.

. Mother's ancestry: Polish, Jewish and English.

. His great-grandparents might have had some Torres Strait Islander in them, but no proof could be found.

Thomas Mayor is a Torres Strait Islander man
born in Larraka County in Darwin.

The following link explains his background:

http://abc.net.au/qanda/thomas-mayor/13796732

He undertook an 18 month journey around the country to
garner support for the First Nations Voice. There's more on
the link.

ttbn, I've mentioned before you do not need original Australian tribal DNA to be accepted into the tribes Mob. Just be recognized by a tribal Elder, for example Thomas Mayo his heritage shows zero aboriginality.
The Independent Education website describes Mayor more accurately: “His father, Celestino Mayor, is of Philippine and Dayak (Borneo) ancestry and his mother, Liz Mayor, brings Polish, Jewish and English ancestry to the family.”.

http://www.directory.gov.au/people/thomas-mayor

Foxy's post of the Guardian is correct, the Voice is a Federal arm of Government. It is up to the States and local Councils to make Treaties and laws to give aboriginal tribes powers over their lands, waterways, resources, and beaches, because Australia is a Federation of States. The police, hospitals, housing, and education are also State controlled. This is where the power lies in reinstating aboriginal sovereignty and removing the crown.

The English Crown will be removed for an Aboriginal socialist Republic controlled by Tribal Elders.

Labor MP, Gordon Reid, is the latest person, or the latest politician, to self-identify as aboriginal in the current race frenzy, claiming that his granny is a Wiradjuri woman.

This claim has apparently "surprised" and "concerned" Wiradjuri people, as they don't seem to know the lady at all. She also thinks that she is aboriginal, but that doesn't necessarily make it so, according to people who know what they are talking about. And, a genealogical investigation suggests that Ms Reid's ancestry is totally European.

These days, you can identify as a doorknob, and nobody cares. But, in the matter of race, and the rewards to be gained by being a member of a certain race in very race-obsessed Australia, you must be able to prove it with your DNA.