https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-08/fact-check-65000-years-aboriginal-history/101237936?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Here’s a surprise, an NP Senator spreading misinformation and “just asking questions” simply because he’s not up to date with his education. #IndigenousVoice #VoteYesAustralia

And he still misses the point: Indigenous “Australia” existed loooong before his ancestors arrived.

@Neil1808 @mackayim2022 I invite you to have a listen. Much detail explained here. https://www.rrr.org.au/on-demand/segments/uncommon-sense-a-guide-to-the-voice-with-thomas-mayo-kerry-obrien If you can’t listen to all of it (it’s a bit long) Kerry O’Brien succinctly lays out the post referendum process at about minute 45. And importantly it explains why the details are not in the referendum. Instead that is mandated to (and therefore respects) the established parliamentary processes. #IndigenousVoice

If #Australia votes #yes in this joke of a #referendum I will be ashamed of my countrymen and will lose a lot of hope of turning this nation around.

But if they vote #No , well, Meh.

I'm not interested in helping "No" to win — am I part of a problem?

I will however be voting "No" to dumb referendums and even stupider compulsory voting.

#Australiavotes #indigenousvoice #voice #patriotism #nationalism #VoiceToParliament #authoritarian #bloatedgovernment

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/john-farnhams-youre-the-voice-for-referendum-yes-campaign/102806260
“#JohnFarnham has allowed his 1986 hit #YoureTheVoice to be the official soundtrack for the #IndigenousVoice to Parliament referendum's Yes campaign”

If we truly want peace, not unequal status quo, how can we say no to the Indigenous voice?
#auspol #IndigenousVoice

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/27/if-we-truly-want-peace-not-unequal-status-quo-how-can-we-say-no-to-the-indigenous-voice

@CaulfieldTim Somewhat related: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/07/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign-ai-facebook-ads #IndigenousVoice #ArtificalIntelligence

I've seen the "Yes" campaign struggling to make headway with people who volunteer their objection that the Voice is a race based law.

The Voice recognition offers an alternative basis to the races power which is relied upon for Native Title.

https://www.rmit.edu.au/news/factlab-meta/constitution-race-claim-is-wrong-and-nonsensical

Section 51 (xxvi), Professor Appleby said, was known as the “races" power ... “This is not a racially based provision like the races power,” she said.

#ReplaceRaceWithRecogniton

#auspol #IndigenousVoice #yes23 #voicetoparliament

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-07/referendum-campaign-becoming-a-tale-of-two-polls/102695338 “The truth is, #IndigenousAustralians are among the most #disadvantaged in the country, and that split becomes obvious at the #GarmaFestival.

Speaking to Yolŋu people on the sidelines, they say they love coming here to share culture and knowledge with both Indigenous and balanda (non-Indigenous) people.

But they also love getting three square meals a day — and for many in remote communities, that's a luxury they can't afford.”
#IndigenousVoice

Brazilian Indigenous chief demands greater role in climate debate #carboncredits #capitalism #IndigenousVoice https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/28/brazilian-indigenous-chief-demands-greater-role-in-climate-debate

How long has "first nations" people been a dominant term in Au/NZ? Its such jarring language and I thought it was only used by one side of the political spectrum
#fifawwc #australia #newzealand #left #right #aboriginal #indigenous #indigenousvoice #canada

@Neil1808

> Either the Voice is minimalist & will change very little or […]

Who's been saying it "will change very little" as a blanket statement?

The whole *point* is to open the way in Australia to proper democratic participation. Necessarily, a big change.

And the first step is democratically approving that change: a referendum to amend our constitution.

Are you maybe referring to the fact the constitutional amendment doesn't actually create a Voice? In that sense, yes nothing changes, yet.

That's also the point: To *begin* the big change of implementing an Indigenous Voice, first we need democratic approval (a change that, yes, has no tangible effect) to begin making those tangible changes.

Some things are composed of multiple steps. The one we participate in, now, is one that *allows* future steps to begin great positive change.

#AusPol #IndigenousVoice

#abc730 Victoria news bulletin is shite. Passed with a 60% majority in the senate, yet the soundbites for No outnumber the Yes 5:1. Absolute junk reporting. Why does #ABCAustralia focus on reporting the No minority? #Referendum #IndigenousVoice

Everyone has an opinion on this, I am just sharing mine & you can respectfully agree or disagree.

We should be proud of the longest living culture in the world. We should officially recognise this in our Constitution and have a voice for them for relevant matters. Simple.

✊❤️💛🖤🇦🇺
#TheVoice #Referendum #Australia #AusPol #VoteYesAustralia #VoteYes #IndigenousVoice #Vote #Proud #Together #History #NoSocialHate

Opinion Piece: The article argues that opposing an Indigenous voice to parliament is acceptable if it is for legitimate reasons, but not if based on fear or prejudice.

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/opinion-depending-on-why-its-ok-to-oppose-the-voice/sr20y558k

#IndigenousVoice #AustralianPolitics #Representation #Equality #OpinionPiece #SBS #NITV

The problem is, no one has explained The Voice to Peter Dutton in a way he can understand.

Quite simply, it's a dedicated body that exists to help shape government policy.

Like News Corp, but for Indigenous Australians.

– The Shovel

🗳️✔️ YES for The Voice

#IndigenousVoice #VoteYes #MrPotatoHead #TheShovel

Quelle surprise!

#PeterDutton’s #LNP oppose the #IndigenousVoice to Parliament - an ADVISORY group.

As if we didn’t see THAT coming!

LNP in name, #GOP by nature.

#Australia #auspol #australianpolitics

Ken Wyatt, the nation’s first Aboriginal person to hold the Indigenous Australians portfolio, today quit the Liberal Party saying:

“I still believe in the Liberal party values but I don’t believe in what the Liberals have become.
Aboriginal people are reaching out to be heard but the Liberals have rejected their invitation.”

Wyatt had urged Dutton to back the creation of the voice, warning not doing so could add to the perceptions the Liberals were a “racist party”. #auspol #IndigenousVoice

Dan Andrews: “The Federal Liberal Party are a mean, nasty outfit with hearts about as big as their dwindling primary vote. We need to do this. This is our moment. We need to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a voice and deliver, in full, on the Uluru statement from the heart.”

#auspol #IndigenousVoice #DuttonsNaziParty

Liberal party to formally oppose voice.

The Liberal party has resolved to formally oppose the #Indigenousvoice #referendum, several sources in the meeting told Guardian Australia.

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is expected to make an announcement later today, but his office hasn’t confirmed any timing yet. #auspol

#auspol

#SenatorLidiaThorpe #SenatorThorpe

#IndigenousVoice #indigenousrights

#Australia