Australians vote No in referendum that promised change for First Nations people but couldn't deliver | CNN
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With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes of modernizing the nation’s founding document.
  • metaStatic@kbin.social
    438·
    9 months ago

    No, it was to give the government of the day the power to create that body however they saw fit.

    anytime the government seeks to expand it’s powers you need to ask yourself “Do I want the other guys to exercise this power?”

    Labor already listens to our elders, the voice only needed to force future conservative governments to do the same and it failed miserably.

    • Dubman@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      Damn wouldn’t want any “governments of the day” to receive advice on issues that affect communities that don’t get a say in what happens to them.

      Why do so many of you act like this was some kind of plot to supercede power and abuse it? It was an advisory council.

      • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        It was an advisory council.

        It was going to be stacked with the illuminate

        Edit: On second thought I really need to be sure people get it. Its sarcasm.