The fast-approaching Voice referendum is a complete clusterf**k for all Australians. It stinks of failure at each and every step of the way. By hanging our white colonial dirty washing out to dry we have basically thrown First Nations people under the bus whilst looking on to see who will clean up the mess. It’s a shambles and one which Anthony Albanese and the broader top tier political guard should be ashamed of.
First up, the question needs to be asked: Why are white Australians even being asked to vote on this highly sensitive subject? Surely this is one for the broad palette of First Nations krew to work on and decide. Then, and only then should their decision be implemented into whatever constitutional change is required.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart has to be sealed, signed, and delivered without turning it into a circus.
How is it, in 2023, that we are still voting on whether a voice and an influence in politics is valid for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples? The mind boggles.
Referendum success rates in this country are below 20 per cent and they notoriously bring out the lowest common denominators of courtesy and manners into the public spotlight. The world has become plagued by keyboard warriors; hate speech and divisive bullshit aimed solely at destroying mild-mannered opinions and any hope of a fair go. It’s like throwing our Indigenous Australians to the lions. Our government leadership has bottled it yet again. Nothing short of a fully endorsed bipartisan approach to full Treaty or Blak sovereignty is good enough here; a sovereignty of a spiritual nature which has never been ceded or extinguished, and one which can co-exist with the sovereignty of the Crown.
Instead, however, we prepare for battle. Racist Australia at its very worst.
Strap yourselves in. It’s gonna get ugly.
Eloquently put Kol.
“ Surely this is one for the broad palette of First Nations krew to work on and decide. Then, and only then should their decision be implemented into whatever constitutional change is required.”
I think this is what they’ve been working on for the last six years. It’s not a new thought bubble. And we all have to vote to have it in the constitution and a little more difficult for the next ultra white right government to overturn on a whim or to appease a noisy base.
Not much of this makes a lot of sense.
“ keyboard warriors; hate speech and divisive bullshit aimed solely at destroying mild-mannered opinions and any hope of a fair go” 🪞
So you’re arguing a small subset of people should change Australia’s constitution without a referendum? You have no idea what you’re talking about.
And there you have it, everyone. Even calls you ‘racist’ if you agree with Senator Price. THESE white people will say what Aboriginals want, and the rest of you, including the Aboriginals, better shut up and go along with it or else. That’s what this is really about, and it always has been.
Not rascist just lacking in empathy. Price doesn’t want a central voice but regional voices then when a crisis happens like in Alice Springs ( something that just didn’t happen overnight) wants the federal government to intervene, very confused policy proposals.
Why are white Australians even being asked to vote on the Voice?
Simple. We live in a “democracy” (look it up) and the constitution governs us all. If the case to change the constitution cannot be made then so be it.
Seems the most outstanding aspect of the Voice Referendum is the complete lack of detail regarding anything to do with the proposed group composition or process of representing the unique and varied interests of the 500+ recognised Aboriginal cultural groups in Australia. I would prefer to see a Referendum regarding the implementation of a Bill of Human Rights or a Treaty; similar to New Zealand, however true to form (like the Same sex marriage plebiscite) we are offered confusion and subterfuge that seeks to sow controversy and allows the Plutocracy puppeteers to further their corporate plundering. Whether the result is a yes or no will make no difference to corporate practices. I imagine the Referendum is just more PR spin to capitalise on splinter politics.
White people are being asked to vote on it because indigenous Australians make up only one percent of the voting population. Unfortunately not enough to having any effect on a referendum. The current government could simply recognise the Uluru statement and vote to have it enshrined in the constitution, but the next Liberal government could simply vote it out. Having a referendum is the only way to have in permanently in the constitution, voted for by ‘ the people’ and above and beyond any political party politics.