Good to hear from Former Shadow AG Julian Leeser MP at Griffith University today - “I believe it is only reasonable that the parliament consult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians when we make laws affecting them." https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/australians-urged-to-vote-on-voice-separate-to-political-parties-by-liberal-mp/news-story/8df334ad97e12e5d1bb747f7425ecc2c

“The No campaign is using what I call the Jackson Pollock strategy of campaigning. Jackson Pollock painted Blue Poles. His approach was to splatter paint on the canvas and let the viewer be overwhelmed by the chaos: splat, splat, splat. None of their arguments are about the wording of the constitutional provision – and that is what we are voting on.”

#auspol #auslaw #IndigenousVoice #Voice

I'm voting 'Yes' because I would like to see blak & white Australia move forward together #Yes23 #IndigenousVoice

One doorknock at a time: inside the yes campaign’s bid to win hearts and minds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/02/one-doorknock-at-a-time-inside-the-yes-campaigns-bid-to-win-hearts-and-minds #auslaw #auspol #voicetreatytruth #Indigenousvoice

Johnathan Thurston, Eddie Betts and Evonne Goolagong Cawley back yes vote in Indigenous voice pamphlet https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/18/johnathan-thurston-eddie-betts-and-evonne-goolagong-cawley-back-yes-vote-in-indigenous-voice-pamphlet Official pro-voice essay, written by the government, calls on Australians to ‘vote yes for unity, hope and to make a positive difference’. #IndigenousVoice #auspol #auslaw #UNDRIP

Having a voice means your comments can not be deleted!

#voice #voicetoparliament #ulurustatement #statementoftheheart #indigenousvoice

This iconic #indigenous themed display in #kingsdomain #melbourne #australia is breathtaking, for mine.

The respect for aboriginal rights and indigenous equality is strong in these parts.

What better way to celebrate such vital aspects of modern Australia than to display such magnificent art within the heartland of the city’s botanic and recreation areas?

The eyes of these children are filled with hope, happiness and compassion.

I have a strong sense the voice of a nation is making lasting strides, for the better.

For ‘ALL’.

#JustBeautiful

♥️💛🖤

#victorian #melbourne #narrm #Australia #muralart #murals #mural #mastoart #art #aesthetichedonist #makesmehappy
#repect #treaty #treatynow #indigenous #indigenousvoice #aboriginal #sacred #ulurustatementfromtheheart #voiceofparliament #voteyes

https://nit.com.au/06-04-2023/5527/ken-wyatt-resigns-from-liberal-party-over-duttons-opposition-to-indigenous-voice #KenWyatt #KenWyattResignation #NeoLiberalParty #LiberalParty #IndigenousVoice #Dutton.

I have enjoyed listening to Noel Pearson's 2022 Boyer Lecture series on the state of Indigenous peoples in Australia and his hopes for the future. They also capture his perspective on the First Nations Voice. The lectures can be read at https://capeyorkpartnership.org.au/tag/boyer/ but are better to experience in the form of the recordings at https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/boyerlectures #NoelPearson #BoyerLectures #FirstNationsVoice #IndigenousVoice

On this Australia Day, Survival Day,
In the latest Resolve Poll only 13% of Australians found Dutton and the Opposition "honest and trustworthy."

#IndigenousVoice
#auspol

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-still-well-ahead-of-dutton-as-preferred-prime-minister-resolve-poll-20230124-p5ceyd.html

South Australia's constitution can be changed without a referendum.
All set to implement Australia's first indigenous voice to parliament.

#IndigenousVoice #SouthAustralia #Referendum
#auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-20/sa-set-to-get-first-nations-voice-to-state-parliament/101874842?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Obergruppenfuhrer Kartoffelpuffer has no imagination, no ideas of his own and no hope of ever becoming prime minister but he will replay the standard LP strategy of undermining anything and everything that Labor proposes, no matter the real world consequences for people who deserve better. It's a replay of Howard's sabotage of the Republic and the marriage equality referendums #indigenousvoice #dutton #rwnj https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/14/peter-duttons-approach-to-referendum-on-indigenous-voice-straight-from-john-howards-playbook

Every day we could be one step closer to realisation for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Let's keep collaborating to make sure that Indigenous people's voices are heard and valued in our Parliament.

#AustraliaTogether
#IndigenousRights
#IndigenousVoice

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/01/10/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-detail/

"The prime minister on Tuesday urged Australians to back constitutional change – the model “Indigenous people themselves have said they want” via the 2017 Uluru statement – as Peter Dutton escalated his calls for more detail."

#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice
#UluruStatementFromTheHeart #AusPol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/10/albanese-rejects-duttons-call-to-legislate-indigenous-voice-before-referendum

A small #artwork plaque in #Murrumbeena #Australia echoes the majority of #Australians support for our indigenous peoples; past present and emerging.

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#victorian #melbourne #narrm #Australia #repect #treaty #treatynow #indigenous #indigenousvoice #aboriginal #sacred #ulurustatementfromtheheart #voiceofparliament

"We know that the fight against racism only attracts white support when they do not have to concede to much, when the fight does not impede on their interests. I don’t think Constitutional Reform could ever be the balm to solve that, and yet potentially a Voice, could provide us with one weapon, if we can figure out the best way to use it …

"We can continue to raise sovereignty above any Voice, because in every community in this country, we are not just one voice, but many voices, from the babies, to the elders, to the ancestors. Our embodied sovereignty reminds me what we are fighting for."

By @amymcquire

#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice #IndigenousSovereignty #AusPol

https://amymcquire.substack.com/p/voting-on-the-voice-will-it-fight

Minister Linda Burney has announced that in March the Federal government will introduce legislation for the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum, which will be held on a date between August and November. The official Yes campaign is likely to launch late in February.

Burney is hopeful that the Federal Liberal Party will support the Voice, and disappointed that the National Party does not. She said many arguments against it are "a little ill-informed".

#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice #LindaBurney #AusPol

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/voice-referendum-as-early-as-august-burney-reveals-20221229-p5c9br.html

There are "growing concerns the referendum could stir up racist vitriol, triggering trauma for vulnerable Indigenous people, similar to the homophobic ugliness during the same sex marriage plebiscite."

#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice #Homophobia #AusPol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/11/toxic-rhetoric-marriage-equality-plebiscite-offers-ugly-lessons-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum

Two reports will inform determination of the model for the Voice: one by Senator Pat Dodson and shadow Indigenous Affairs minister Julian Leeser, together with the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process report, by Professors Marcia Langton and Tom Calma.

The Langton-Calma report proposes a 24-person model covering 35 regions, with 3 options for selection of members.

#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice #PatDodson #MarciaLangton #TomCalma #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-10/how-voice-to-parliament-could-work/101749746

Professors Marcia Langton and Tom Calma, who wrote the Indigenous Voice Co-design report, say they discussed it with many politicians including Liberals and Nationals, and the details have long been available.

#VoiceToParliament #IndigenousVoice #MarciaLangton #TomCalma #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-05/authors-indigenous-voice-report-detail-rgument/101733788

RT @miriamcosic@twitter.com

Nationals to oppose Indigenous Voice to Parliament
#auspol #IndigenousVoice #21stCentury
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-28/nationals-to-oppose-voice-to-parliament/101706466?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/miriamcosic/status/1597070694554406918