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As the referendum date approaches, campaigns may use misinformation to spark emotions in people to get them to vote a certain way. Here are some ways to spot dishonest claims and misinformation.
First Nations Voices from regional communities was essential in designing and advancing the idea of a Voice to Parliament, and it will be equally essential in this upcoming referendum.
In order to combat racism and misinformation, it is vital for non-Indigenous people to have informed conversations about the referendum with those around you.
Some media and politicians have been comparing the First Nations Voice to Parliament to apartheid. However, ensuring First Nations peoples have their views heard by parliament is not the same thing.
The solicitor-general said the model is compatible with responsible government, and an ‘enhancement’ of the system.
The latest Essential poll also gave federal Labor a 52-43 two party lead.
One crucial question about the Voice to Parliament is how it will ensure voices from regional and remote communities, such as those in the Kimberley, are truly heard in Canberra.
Voters will justifiably ask why they should vote for a form of recognition opposed by the people who are to be recognised.
We are not the nation we were when we voted ‘no’ for a republic – but this seems to be the nation the Liberal Party insists on speaking to.
We now know the wording of the Voice referendum and proposed constitutional amendment. But what may have been forgotten is how we got here in the first place – and why it matters.
In the lead-up to the Voice to parliament referendum, we’re seeing constitutional change is possible. If the Voice is successful, Australia could next consider separating us from the monarchy.
Here’s what the question says, what’s new and what happens next.
The proposed Voice to Parliament is a First Nations advisory body. The way New Zealand have ensured Māori representation in Parliament could be a better way to approach Indigenous self-determination.
What Yorta Yorta leader William Cooper was asking for was a means by which Australia’s lawmakers could be informed of the views of Aboriginal people.
The current draft wording is the model most consistent with Australia’s current and historical constitutional practice.
The sad reality is that if the demands of these early activists had been met nearly a century ago, we would not be suffering the severe disadvantage that hovers over Aboriginal lives still today.
If the 2023 referendum fails, it will at least in part be due to the shortcomings and spoiled hopes of 1967.
The senator’s move to the cross-bench means Labor now needs the support of more cross-benchers, as well as the Greens, to get legislation passed.
This constitutional reform process may be ‘unorthodox’, but it’s entirely appropriate.
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