"This is about something we committed seven years ago to do in South Australia, and we will take that commitment," he told NITV on Sunday, referencing the 2019 pledge Labor made in opposition and carried into government."What was voted on at the referendum was to change the federal constitution, to firstly recognise Aboriginal people — recognise the oldest living culture this planet's ever seen — but also to establish an advisory body."He acknowledged not everyone was behind him At the second election, about half the incumbents were returned and half the seats went to new members, a mix he said was beginning to produce substantive advice for the government to act on.Maher casts the truth-telling commission as "the next element" of the same work.On Saturday, Voice architect Noel Pearson used his first major speech since the referendum to reckon with the defeat, asking what right anyone had to offer a vision that turned out to be a "mirage" — a measure of how heavily the 2023 loss still hangs over national debate.South Australia's trajectory places it just behind Victoria, which commenced Australia's first treaty under its Statewide Treaty Act in May