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On this day last year, hundreds of people united in Dharawal Country to advocate for the Yes Campaign. It was indeed a beautiful day filled with love and support.

Regardless of last year's result, I remain proud of all the local YES23 Sutherland Shire volunteers and everyone else involved. I feel incredibly grateful to have been able to capture these special moments and hope for more change in the future.

#yes23 #yes23sutherlandshire #voicetoparliament #shiresaysyes #ulurustatement

https://pca.st/episode/72787661-2785-44b0-8ad9-03b59162e3dd #auspol #yes23 voters I think this is a really hopeful podcast

I feel for Bruce Pascoe and for so many others. #australia #yes23 #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/04/i-still-hope-for-australia-but-all-we-have-done-in-the-voice-referendum-is-hide-from-the-facts-of-our-history-our-true-character?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Interesting commentary on the referendum outcome. Where do we go from here?

"Liberal democracy depends on rational debate, where evidence is testable, both sides use a common language and accept accountability for misleading. If democracy is to survive, it will require each of us to commit to hard knowledge, rational calculation, basic values and an obstinate will to end avoidable suffering."

#AusPol #TheVoice #Referendum #VoteYES #YES23 #Australia #Politics #TheSaturdayPaper

Truth and the threats to liberal democracy | The Saturday Paper
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2023/10/28/truth-and-the-threats-liberal-democracy

Michelle Grattan provides a valuable perspective - as usual. #australia #yes23 #referendum2023 #VoicetoParliament https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-anthony-albanese-had-good-motives-but-his-referendum-has-done-much-harm-215996

MBJ _ Matt Bissett-Johnson :) @MBJCartoonist@ #Cartoon for the Melbourne Observer #YES2023 #Yes23 #auspol #alttext

We'll never forget the day that Australia said No. #Yes23

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-16/voice-referendum-defeat-indigenous-response/102977272?utm_campaign=newsweb-article-new-share-null&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Peter Dutton walks back offer of second referendum after voice poll
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/16/peter-dutton-second-referendum-australian-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-poll

<sarcasm> I am so surprised that Dutton backflipped on his offer for a second Voice referendum. </sarcasm>

#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #Yes23 #VoteYes #Referendum2023 #IndigenousVoiceToParliament #FirstNations #Voice #VoteYesAustralia

“I am a psychologist with a 100% Indigenous client base. I can tell you with 25 years of authority & expertise that the narrative that colonialism brought only “positive changes” for Aboriginal people isn’t misguided, it is DANGEROUS.” Dr Tracy Westerman AM
#auspol #australia #indigenous #yes23

https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/10/10/colonialism-no-positive-impact-for-all-aboriginal-people/

Feeling disgusted. Horrifying not one state majority for yes. It was such a simple risk-free opportunity for a modicum of fairness and acknowledgement. It’s very depressing that the electorate is so easily manipulated. I can’t imagine what it’s like for the activists who have been working for this for 20+ years. Expect even more suicide & trauma. Little consolation that in our area >80% of people voted yes. We live in a bubble inside an ugly #Australia
#auspol #humanrights #yes23

@MsDropbear84 @kentparkstreet1 A second rate nation, Australia, celebrates the Eureka Stockade, Ned Kelly and Gallipoli never registering how many of those myths are nation defining petty defeats. When given the opportunity to redefine the nation we allow ourselves to be conned by fear mongering shysters.
#VoicetoParliament #Australia #yes23

A STATEMENT FROM INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS WHO SUPPORTED THE VOICE REFERENDUM

A Week of Silence for the Voice

This statement comes from Rachel Perkins, respected Arrernte & Kalkadoon woman, and co-chair of Yes23.

https://www.instagram.com/rachelperkinsau/

https://www.yes23.com.au/

#AusPol #VoiceToParliament #Yes23 #VoteYes #Referendum2023 #IndigenousVoiceToParliament #FirstNations #Voice #VoteYesAustralia

A STATEMENT FROM INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS WHO SUPPORTED THE VOICE REFERENDUM

A Week of Silence for the Voice

Recognition in the constitution of the descendants of the original and continuing owners of Australia would have been a great advance for Australians. Alas, the majority have rejected it.

This is a bitter irony. That people who have only been on this continent for 235 years would refuse to recognise those whose home this land has been for 60,000 and more years is beyond reason. It was never in the gift of these newcomers to refuse recognition to the true owners of Australia. The referendum was a chance for newcomers to show a long-refused grace and gratitude and to acknowledge that the brutal dispossession of our people underwrote their every advantage in this country.

For more than six years, we have explained to our nation why the Voice was our great hope to achieve real change for our families and communities.

To the Australians who supported us in this vote - we thank you sincerely. You comprise many millions of Australians of love and goodwill. We know you wanted a better future for Australia, and to put the colonial past behind us by choosing belated recognition and justice.

We thank the Prime Minister and his government for having the conviction to take this referendum to the Australian people at our request. We thank him for his advocacy and all parliamentarians who did the same, including members of the Teals, Greens, Nationals and independents who stood by us. We pay particular respect to the Liberal parliamentarians who bravely advocated for the voice.

We also thank our fellow Australians from all sectors of the community, including multicultural, faith, professional, business, creative and sporting organisations. To the hundreds of thousands who took to the streets, knocked on doors and made over a million phone calls, thank you for your love and support.

Our deep chagrin at this result does not in any way diminish our pride and gratefulness for the stand they had the moral courage to take in this cause now lost. We know we have them by our side in the ongoing cause for justice and fairness in our own land.

Now is not the time to dissect the reasons for this tragic outcome. This will be done in the weeks, years and decades to come. Now is the time for silence, to mourn and deeply consider the consequence of this outcome.

Much will be asked about the role of racism and prejudice against Indigenous people in this result. The only thing we ask is that each and every Australian who voted in this election reflect hard on this question.

To our people we say: do not shed tears. This rejection was never for others to issue. The truth is that rejection was always ours to determine. The truth is that we offered this recognition and it has been refused. We now know where we stand in this our own country. Always was. Always will be.

We will not rest long. Pack up the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Fly our flags low. Talk not of recognition and reconciliation. Only of justice and the rights of our people in our own country. Things that no one else can gift us, but to which we are entitled by fact that this is the country of our birth and inheritance.

Re-gather our strength and resolve, and when we determine a new direction for justice and our rights, let us once again unite. Let us convene in due course to carefully consider our path forward.

We are calling A Week of Silence from tonight (Saturday 14th October) to grieve this outcome and reflect on its meaning and significance. We will not be commenting further on the result at this time.

We will be lowering our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to half-mast for the week of silence to acknowledge this result. We ask others to do the same.

14 October 2023

Ça va être compliqué les relations avec les nations du Pacifique après ça.

Déjà que les Australiens sont considérés comme racistes et cités en mauvais exemple du pire de l'extermination ethnique et du colonialisme dans la région…

#Oceanie #yes23 #TheVoice #Australia #auspol

Drapeau Aborigène avec le soleil au centre remplacé par un cœur brisé.

The politics of asking must cease.

#yes23 #racism

https://theconversation.com/the-failed-referendum-is-a-political-disaster-but-opportunity-exists-for-those-brave-and-willing-to-embrace-it-213755

#Australia now proudly 38.5% #racism free!

#VoiceReferendum #Yes23

Not unexpected but very, very disappointing.
My thoughts are with First Nations people. I’m sorry.
We have so much work to do in Australia. #VoicetoParliament
#Yes23

"The referendum was a chance for newcomers to show a long-refused grace and gratitude and to acknowledge that the brutal dispossession of our people underwrote their every advantage in this country."

Oz Indigenous Yes Boosters Fall Silent as They Grieve Referendum Result

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/yes-campaigners-won-t-take-no-for-an-answer-slam-wrecker-dutton-20231010-p5eb8i.html via "Sydney Morning Herald"
Photo: Dominic Lorrimer via SMH
#Yes23 #Australia #Indigenous #FirstPeoples #FirstNations #Oz

“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

#Yes23

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