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I do know that a government institution in Victoria, hired the wrong person from an indigenous background to serve as indigenous liasion in a health care service, and that person was from Queensland with the result that it did more harm than good for the people in that Victorian community and resulted in them being disengaged.

Yes, I've experienced examples of this first-hand in R&D and also heard accounts of similar things happening in Education. There's quite a bit of irony hiding in the detail.

It will be a weakness of the system if it is not designed carefully, because enemies and manipulators will leverage the inherent prejudice that exists.

I can recall similar events early on when NZ went down this path, and despite clear progress the initial result was also that many crooks quickly rose to the top of the pecking order, and for many that meant it wasn't seen as representative.