“Indigenous Australians need a voice to Parliament”
Ahem — what do you think a Parliament *is*?
Indigenous Australians already have a voice in Parliament — it’s called *the Parliament*. We have universal suffrage so indigenous Australians, like all Australians, are represented in Parliament.
Not to mention that there are already 11 (eleven) indigenous senators and Members of Parliament in the Federal Government. That’s ~5% of Parliament. What portion of the Australian population is indigenous? 3.2% per the 2021 census. Seems to me that if you wish to salami slice the population along racial lines (and you shouldn’t) then representation exists in proportionate abundance.
So what is it that Labor’s seeking in the Voice to Parliament? Labor’s remaining strategically ambiguous about its aspirations for this Constitutionally-mandated body so we’ll have to look elsewhere for what could come of this.
Senator Alex Antic considers it a third chamber of Parliament. Unelected by the majority of Australians (who will be subject to whatever unspecified powers it will manifest). Former PM, Tony Abbott, regards it more broadly as a fourth branch of Government enshrined in the Constitution. Indigenous political campaigner, *literal communist* (as in the former Communist Party of Australia), and driver of The Voice, Thomas Mayo, has a few thoughts of his own.
He’s been at it again, spilling his beans this way and that way. He has now publicly solidified his ambitions by stating that the Voice will grant this indigenous council (odious race-based political body) the ability to “get its hands” on Australia’s superannuation policy.
Yuck. No. Hideous, bad, awful, terrible, stop it. No.
#Australia #Voice #TheVoice #Referendum #VoteNo
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