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Linda Burney says there is everything to gain and nothing to lose by supporting the Voice (www.abc.net.au)
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[โ€“] Whirlybird@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

A few of my good friends are indigenous and their whole families are against it. I haven't really heard a good reason why this "voice" will make any difference - can anyone enlighten me? It just doesn't seem like it will have any actual power assigned with it. The elected person will say "You need to stop mining our land" and the government will go "lol no" and keep mining.

Based on how many indigenous groups our country was split up in, having a single voice representing them all doesn't seem like it will work either.

[โ€“] Ucinorn@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Put it this way: Imagine you'd been trying for fifty years to push a rock up a hill and failed. You've tried a different approach every five years and nothing seemed to work: sometimes it made it worse.

Then a committee of rocks representing the majority of rocks got together and volunteered to come up with new ideas for you. It wouldn't cost you much, and it would make the rocks much happier knowing there's a rock involved in the decision making.

What's the harm? You've failed to push that rock for so long. You've tried everything. Maybe they will be right? And if they are not, you'll be back where you started with sweet FA.

Sure, the rocks down the road are sceptical. But what are their ideas? Are they gonna do anything about it?

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