No other political issue is regarded as defunct because a single attempt at reform failed
‘The prime minister put it best that night , “this moment of disagreement does not define us.”’‘The prime minister put it best that night , “this moment of disagreement does not define us.”’he poor civics literacy that acutely affected the voice referendum is never more on display these days than in the persistent and pernicious narrative of some that the no vote in the 2023 referendum has blanket application across all Indigenous law and policy reform, across the federation, forever more.
The Australian people did not vote no to the appointment of NSW treaty commissioners or to a treaty. This is very clear in the question put to the Australian people at the referendum. This raises an important point about the role of misinformation and the integrity of our democracy. It is difficult to find another referendum, or even an ordinary election example, whereby the question put to the Australian people is regarded as a conclusion forever more to any more advancement or discussion on a major public policy area.
But the reality is it came from our people. We have a long tradition of seeking a voice in Australian democracy.in her latest history of the Yirrkala Bark Petitions, regarded as one of the founding documents of Australian democracy. It called for a voice. This is not new. It is an old and ongoing aspiration. We have struggled for that voice since the colonial period. And that’s not the same as participation in parliament as a politician with a primary allegiance to a party and ideology.
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