Dear Indyvidual,

«Are you listening to yourself ? How could Dutton possibly stand by his promise with that result ?»

A promise is a promise - he should not have made such a promise in the first place.

Alternately he could have promised: "If the result is going to be close then I will call for another referendum" - but he didn't.

Virtually all the process was done under the Liberal government from Uluru up to the referendum council.
SteeleRedux & Yuyutsu,
Under but not with, the with was Labor !

Dear Indyvidual,

Why did you address your last post also to me?

I said nothing about processes and political parties, nor do I care about any of them - all I wrote was that promises ought to be kept.

Yuyutsu,
Your argument is just so typical of why things are so difficult. Do you approve of the money spent for this Voice debacle & do you want more wasted ?
Or, would you rather waste no more funding on a meaningless argument about changing a policy which now has no more relevance ? I'm sure Dutton would stick to the original suggestion to hold another referendum if the outcome were to have been so close that it would cause too much unrest. As it turned out there is no need to waste anymore time & money on a closed case !
We have the NIAA & if they can't do their job, dismantle them along with other useless but expensive sections of Departments !

Dear Indyvidual,

Of course I am unhappy with that hassle of referendum - especially with all those disturbing "Vote YES" placards that distract drivers and must have caused that many road accidents and domestic violence.

But I rather live in a world where promises are kept.

As for the expenses, sure it's a waste, but no promise was made to have campaigns, so even while keeping promises we could at least have had a campaign-less referendum!

What is "NIAA"? While I don't know what it means, I would indeed like it dismantled along all other government sections and departments.

What is "NIAA"?
Yuyutsu,
I'm glad you asked, it's literally the same as the advisory part of the Voice only turbo-charged & utterly unaffordable in every which way !