Many Indigenous elders oppose the Voice (eg Gurnpa David Cole and ‘grandmother Mulara’). The Voice will cede Indigenous sovereignty so parliament will have more power over them.
A delegation of Aboriginal Australians went to Canberra to ask the prime minister and opposition leader to hear their opposition to the Voice
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price said: ‘Secret government documents the National Indigenous Australians Agency released under FOI say “any Voice to Parliament should be designed so that it could support and promote a treaty-making process which would include a fixed percentage of the entire economy as reparation every year along with rates/land tax/royalties to the Voice”.’
How will white Australians feel when they have to pay rent on land they purchased and the Australian flag is abolished?
It would create an Australia with two classes e. Indigenous have privileges not for whites. This would create resentment and drive racism. We want the best for Indigenous people but this is not the way.
Menkit Prince, Uki
Ed note: According to AAP Factcheck the statements relating to ‘seeking to change the flag [and to] set aside a fixed percentage of GDP for reparation payments’ were documents of the minutes from 13 ‘regional dialogue’ consultation events held in 2016 and 2017 that were part of the national consultation process about how best to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution. The documents do not show either the government nor the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) are seeking to change the flag, nor set aside a fixed percentage of GDP for reparation payments. (https://bit.ly/41eYBZ7).
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