Comment on Referendum Results, Congratulations, Comiserations
Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months agoRecognise aboriginals in the constitution and add an advisory board that can’t simply be removed by the next government. It says it right there. The advisory board wouldn’t change how our government is run in any way, it would just be there to help decision making on things specifically relating to aboriginal affairs. I’m not sure if you’re actually being sincere here, it’s not a nefarious plot or anything. Advisory boards are a very common normal thing and you can read about them here: www.directory.gov.au/…/what-board There’s also a list of all the advisory boards we currently have. But seriously, there’s a ton of information on how it would have worked. voice.gov.au/resources/information-booklet This mentions it would have members from each of the states, territories and Torres Strait islands. So now you know, had you done some basic research you would have gotten your answer.
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months ago
That’s not the details people are asking for. How many people would be on the advisory board? How would they be selected? How long would their terms be?
They. Would. Not. Give. Us. Any. Details. This is a huge part of the reason why they lost. People don’t trust the government, and this was a huge “trust us, we’ll definitely do the right thing this time” move. It’s no surprise it backfired so badly.
Maybe try not being so smug when you’re incorrectly answering questions next time.
Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
literally everything you just asked is answered in the links, maybe try learning how to read lol
Whirlybird@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Literally none of it is.
What was this Albanese governments makeup of the voice going to look like? How were they going to be selected? What were the term limits?
Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
They list the constitutional amendment process on the page, a lot of the finer details are decided on afterwards, this has been the case for almost all referendums. It mentions specifically that consultation with aboriginal leaders, parliament and the broader public would help design the voice. It also mentions that it would work alongside existing organisations and structures, again, advisory boards are very common.
They also explicitly state that the voice would be chosen by aboriginal and torres strait islander people based on the wishes of the community. It also says members would be chosen from each of the states, territories and the torres straight islands.
If it’s the structure of a referendum that you have a problem with then cool, but it wasn’t a good reason to vote no.
Also please read, it talks about all of your questions. It’s honestly frustrating to hear you say it doesn’t talk about any of it when all of these things are covered in the official literature.