Comment on Referendum Results, Congratulations, Comiserations
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months agoIt wasn’t going to be the start of anything other than another waste of time. How many indigenous advisory boards have the government already had?
This was the equivalent of putting a black square as your social media profile picture.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Indigenous advisory boards that were legislated for, and were killed by legislation. That’s why it was a referendum this time, so the next politician can’t just kill it.
Oh, and this seems appropriate
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Yet they wouldn’t legislate any real power for it, nor even the size or makeup of the advisory board. Note the proposal didn’t even say that the advisory board had to be made up of or even include an indigenous person.
No one is asking for the “perfect” solution, just not a shitty virtue signalling one that will change nothing.
GombeenSysadmin@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Well you’ve all made sure nothing will change for 20 years, because no politician is going to want to touch it because “the people said no the last time”, so well done there.
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Said no to enshrining an advisory group in the constitution, nothing more.