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Voice to Parliament Referendum Megathread (aussie.zone)
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With the Voice to Parliament Referendum date announced to be October 14 2023, this thread will run in the lead up to the date for general discussions/queries regarding the Voice to Parliament.

The Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Chapter IX Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

129 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:

there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice; the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; the Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures.

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  1. Added the proposed constitutional amendment (31/08/2023)
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[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Regardless of how this all rolls, actual treaty with the individual indigenous nations will be beginning soon. Just watch.

I've been lucky enough to have family involved deeply in this, and the voice, whilst positive, is a bit of a sideshow to the treaties.

There are a lot of nations to treaty with (not one first nation, but many first nations), so it will take time. But, it's all about to kick off.

The crown did not win by spoils of war, nor did it take over via treaty.

Watch the news. The upcoming wind of change is all based on Australian having no actual, legal rights to claim the continent. No treaty. No spoils of war.

The key word to watch is apartheid. The media will probably start using it soon. Not the Murdoch press, of course.

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[–] Death2Litterers@feddit.uk -4 points 1 year ago (32 children)

I know it isn't a popular view around here, but for the sake of a diversity of opinion, here is why I will be voting no.

I am of the view that all Australians should be treated equally in the eye of the law, regardless of the colour of their skin or who their grandparents are. I think the law should be race-blind.

I think it is a step in the wrong direction for Australia to have laws that separate Australians along racist lines. I think it's a step in the wrong direction to enshrine in the constitution that people of one ethnic heritage get special representation that people of different ethnic heritage do not.

I don't care who your dad was, or who his dad was, or who his dad was. Just because someone's dad's dad's dad was in Australia before someone else's shouldn't entitle them to more representation to parliament than anyone else. You shouldn't get special privilege just because you were born into a particular family lineage.

I think Australia needs to do more to help those who need help. Nobody should die in police custody. Everybody should have access to education. Anyone who is born into poverty should be lifted out of it. And any time the government is going to make laws, they should obviously consult with the people who those laws will affect.

Regardless of the colour of their skin.

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