“But no Australian referendum has passed without bipartisan support — and conservative parties campaigned vociferously against this one.
…
despite billions in government spending, suicides, incarcerations and the number of children in care remain disproportionately high.
Sticking with the same old approach, however, is sure to change nothing.
”
(emphasis added)
#yes23 #AusPol #AusReferendum @theeconomist
http://espresso.economist.com/89242c1e4610507f79f8a7b192880778
"Australians reject Indigenous rights referendum"
An estimated 60% voted no!
Some important Australian hashtags:
#VoiceToParliament and #AusReferendum Especially if you are not an Indigenous Australian, please use these hashtags (ideally with a cover warning) when discussing the Voice To Parliament referendum.
#AusLit Australian literature
#AusBiz Australian business
#AFL Discussion of Aussie Rules football
#NRL Discussion of rugby league
#AusPol Australian politics
#NSWPol State politics in New South Wales
#VicPol Victorian state politics
#QldPol Queensland state politics
#TasPol Tasmanian state politics
#SAPol South Australian state politics
#WAPol West Australian state politics
#NTPol Northern Territory politics
#ACTPol ACT politics
Elsewhere on the Fediverse, there's an Australian discussion group on Lemmy here: https://lemmy.ml/c/australia
And for AFL football here: https://lemmy.ml/c/afl
You can follow both from Mastodon by following @afl and @australia .
Any posts where you tag @australia or @afl in the first post of the thread will automatically be added to those discussion groups.
@danilic @vian1138 Took the time to read the executive summary of the Langton & Calma report yesterday and it places The Voice into context quite well. Would be great if a simple pamphlet based on the report were prepared to have a bite sized contextual read for the average Aussie
https://aus.social/@vian1138/109748035803231084
Indigenous Voice Co-design Process
Final Report to the Australian Government July 2021 (AKA Langton & Calma Report)
https://voice.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-12/indigenous-voice-co-design-process-final-report_1.pdf (PDF)
#VoicetoParliament #UluruStatement #Auspol #AusReferendum #AustraliaDay
