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Links from this week
John Farnham has given permission for the Yes campaign to use his song You’re The Voice in an ad to be released soon. Paul Kelly has released a song called “If Not Now” for the Yes campaign as well. Conservative lobby group Fair Australia has been asked to stop using a clip from the movie…
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So where is the detail then?
I said earlier that detail about how the Voice will work on a day-to-day basis doesn’t belong in the Constitution. But that doesn’t mean there’s no detail at all. So where is it? The authors of the Uluṟu Statement have got a whole chunk of detail on their website, called the Design Principles. It describes…
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Referendum date announced!
The referendum is going to be held on Saturday the 14th of October. All the usual polling places will be open for it, and you’ll be able to do early voting from the 2nd of October.
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Is there enough detail?
If you’ve spent 5 minutes talking about the Voice with a group, you’ll have heard someone say that there’s not enough detail to vote on. And that’s both true and false. Is there enough detail to put an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution? Yep. Is there enough detail…
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What will we vote on in the referendum?
When we go to vote in the referendum, we’ll get a ballot form with a description of some changes to the Constitution, and a question: Do you agree with these changes? The changes that Prime Minister Albanese has put forward are…
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The Uluru Statement from The Heart
Back in 2017 I heard that some Indigenous people had released the Uluṟu Statement from the heart. The name was intriguing to me. Obviously Uluṟu is right in the middle of the continent, but saying “from the heart” emphasises the sincerity of the emotions behind writing it. So I gave it a read. It’s just…
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My Yes for a Voice To Parliament
Let’s have a conversation without the repetition
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