A new #introduction for a new year.
I’m an older (64) #Aussie living on a disability pension in rural Victoria.
My wife & I have 2 pet alpacas which will be joined by 2 #wiltipoll #sheep around the middle of this month.
I was a #Union rep (organiser for my U.S. friends) in: PKIU, TWU, ETU, HACSU
I voted YES on the #VoiceReferendum
I support the #LGBTQIA+ community.
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I voted YES on the #VoiceReferendum
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“Advance” scammers and manipulators.
“The entire premise of the “No” campaign against the Indigenous Voice to parliament was a sham.
“Not only was its murky network of half-a-dozen entities “run” from a fake national headquarters — by directors stating fake residential addresses — it was also a fake “grassroots campaign” of fake “ordinary Australians”.”
#Auspol #VoiceReferendum #Dunkley #Advance
From: @Anthony_Klan
https://aus.social/@Anthony_Klan/112022409621114366
@Nazani I was in Australia during the summer while they were having the #VoiceReferendum (token gesture to #indigenous people) & I got really interested in indigenous politics & history (in no small part thanks to digital resources like https://www.creativespirits.info/ & Gary Foley's https://kooriweb.org website). Uranium, mineral, coal mining, etc. crash headlong into the demands of indigenous rights movements. Worldwide it's the same - indigenous ppl are custodians of ecosystems & wild nature
Reflections on the Voice Referendum
The dust has begun to settle after Australia’s contentious Voice Referendum, but amid the accusations of bad faith and ignorance, how many people on either side bothered to read or understand the report which laid out how the Voice would have worked, and the problems it raised or failed to address? #VoiceReferendum
https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/reflections-on-the-voice-referendum/
The Voice: Did The Media Do Its Job?
- some reflections in the second half on media coverage on the campaign, headlines, fact-checking (or lack thereof)
With the defeat of the #voicereferendum, the racists have been emboldened, and are continuing their crusade against indigenous people with the assistance of the Liberal Party. #auspol https://blotreport.com/2023/10/22/racists-emboldened/
As depressing as the result was, plotting out polling place yes ratios shows a definite clustering. I've used the ABC colour scale, and made point size representative of number of votes. #voicereferendum #auspol #mapping [redo with Canberra labelled properly]
@DameHolly
Here's David Littleproud applying that kind of thinking to the #VoiceReferendum result.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/16/voice-referendum-2023-maranoa-biggest-no-vote-85-percent-indigenous-voice-to-parliament
'NO' voters in last Saturday's #Referendum #VoiceReferendum are compulsive liars.
https://x.com/T58388Magic/status/1714063553865433169?s=20
Progress is still possible
The defeat of Australia's Voice proposal will put the spotlight on existing institutions and frameworks dedicated to improving indigenous outcomes, including The National Indigenous Australians Agency funded with $2.6 billion of public money. #VoiceReferendum
https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/progress-is-still-possible/
In Australien hat eine Mehrheit dagegen gestimmt, das Mitspracherecht der Aboriginals auszuweiten. Was bedeutet das für Australien? Und wie kann die indigene Bevölkerung nun mehr Mitspracherecht bekommen?
#Aborigines #IndigeneBevölkerung #Mitspracherecht #ReferendumInAustralien #VoiceReferendum #ZurückZumThema
Der Siedler-Staat sagt nein.
@AnarchoDoggo Same argument was widely used by colonisers in defeating the recent Australian #VoiceReferendum on whether the government ought to listen a tiny bit more to #Indigenous peoples: "They ought to be grateful for all the blessings of 'civilisation'/colonisation!"
Anyone in these lands now called Australia who is shocked at the outcome of the #Indigenous #VoiceToParliament referendum, saying "this isn't the Australia I thought I knew", might well have been in favour of listening to the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but clearly wasn't actually already listening to those voices speaking about their experiences.
That a large proportion of Australian voters were all too readily mobilised by racist dogwhistles & disinformation came as a surprise to precisely zero Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people I know.
To illustrate this: did you know, in the most recent three year period for which there is (self-reported) data, 45% of all 'use of force' incidents by #NSWpolice were directed towards a First Nations person? If you're part of the 3.4% of NSW who are Indigenous I doubt this is particularly news for you. If you're not, were you aware of this? And remember that the (chronically/strategically underfunded) police watchdog LECC admits that even this data is incomplete, meaning the true figure may well be higher.
A suggestion for non-Indigenous #Auspol folk who voted Yes in the failed #VoiceReferendum - even if the government might not be constitutionally required to listen, maybe consider how you can.
#Australia now proudly 38.5% #racism free!
Det står klart att nej-sidan har vunnit i folkomröstningen i Australien om en "Indigenous voice to parliament" när ca 70% av rösterna har räknats. Sorgligt. #voicereferendum #yes23
Albo quotes genocidalist Churchill. Has he no knowledge of history? #auspol #VoiceReferendum
To all indigenous/First Nations Australians: I personally make a commitment to listen to you, your voice, and the voices of those who represent you, to understand and together find a better way forward.
