With the Voice to Parliament Referendum date announced to be October 14 2023, this thread will run in the lead up to the date for general discussions/queries regarding the Voice to Parliament.

The Proposed Constitutional Amendment

Chapter IX Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

129 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:

there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice; the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; the Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures.

Past Discussions

Here are some previous posts in this community regarding the referendum:

Common Misinformation

  • “The Uluru Statement from the Heart is 26 Pages not 1” - not true

Government Information

Amendments to this post

If you would like to see some other articles or posts linked here please let me know and I’ll try to add it as soon as possible.

  1. Added the proposed constitutional amendment (31/08/2023)
  2. Added Common Misinformation section (01/07/2023)

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    1 year ago

    😂 Theeeeeere we go, the “far left” “progressive” dog whistle call. Just call me a fascist nazi and get it over with, we all know you want to.

    The reason for my decision to vote no is because it’s virtue signalling by people like you so you can feel smug pretending to care about a minority without actually wanting to do anything to make their life easier.

    We’re done here.

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        1 year ago

        No I want them to do more than a token gesture that guarantees nothing while giving them ammo to do nothing for the foreseeable future because they’ve done this.

        Btw I’ve literally never voted for the LNP. I’ve voted for the greens more than I’ve voted for Labor too, but sure, pretend I’m a “far right” and keep pretending everyone that’s not in love with virtue signalling is a racist.