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Comment on These graphs show the stark difference between generations when it comes to the Voice
seiryth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If you’re racist, vote no. It’s that simple.
gorkette@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cypher@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Just to clarify, did you miss an “n’t” in there?
gorkette@aussie.zone 1 year ago
God damn autocorrect. You are correct.
gorkette@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Voting no doesn’t make you racist. Voting no means you do not support the proposed change to the Constitution.
seiryth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It literally does. By voting no you’re saying you do not believe there should be a council that advises on first people’s affairs. So either;
gorkette@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The representative body can be established without a change to the Constitution.
seiryth@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not really. Because if it could, it would have. This forces it to happen without liberal/conservative interference.
The fact that it’s been impossible thus far to create a significant body to the point where said group of people have forced a referendum to occur should be enough proof that it needs to occur.
The other part of this is it’s not the US. No one knows our constitution, and up until this point most probably didn’t even know we had one…
Peddlephile@lemm.ee 1 year ago
…Change to the constitution to allow first peoples more say over things that directly affect them via establishing a representative body.
Voting no means that you are against the above. Voting yes means you’re for it.
If you’re against it, it does feel quite racist as you’re voting not to have an indigenous voice enshrined in our constitution. Why not let them have a fair go?
gorkette@aussie.zone 1 year ago
The representative body can be established without a change to the Constitution.
Peddlephile@lemm.ee 1 year ago
But since colonisation, there hasn’t been one. There was a committee briefly appointed by Rudd but then abolished by Abbott.
I’d like it enshrined because then we would have one regardless and it would take a huge effort to get it removed.