shadowminister,

Perhaps this may clarify things somewhat for you:

http://theconversation.com/what-do-we-know-about-the-voice-to-parliament-design-and-what-do-we-still-need-to-know-195720

Watched Q&A last night, thought The Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe put forward a very good argument. Other panellists made positive contributions as well, although National Senator Bridget McKenzie seemed to be out of step with her answers, trying to justify a 'No'vote.

Dear Voice,

No I missed that as well last night.
Darn!

It wasn't a good evening for me.

Paul, have you heard of a film - "Whina," which I believe is
now out on DVD. Its a biopic about the extra-ordinary
life of female Maori leader - Dame Whina Cooper.

Hi Foxy,

Have seen the flick, excellent worth the watch. My wife is a Cooper from Northland.
One of my nieces is always joking with me; "Uncle, give me some land back!" I tell her I'm coming over there to steal some more Maori land, then I'll give her a bag full of dirt back, for s price.

Hi Paul,

I'm going to buy the DVD for my grand-kids. And of
course I'll watch it with them.

This afternoon my order of three lovely long-sleeved
t-shirts arrived. I ordered them from Bwtribal -
they're 100% Australian Indigenous Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander owned and have been operating
for over 10 years. Iheir goods are first class in
quality and design and I feel good to support their
collaborating artists across the country as well.

Nothing like it in Melbourne or anywhere else that I've
seen.

The t-shirts are spectacular in amazing colours - one
is of sea-turtles, another of pelicans, and a third
of aboriginal artwork. Such an array of amazing colours.
I can't wait to wear them. I'm a VIP member of this
outlet. And love their selection of clothing.

They've got matching slacks and shorts.

And they look fantastic on. All very different. Lots of comments
when they're worn.

Hi Paul,

I wanted to add that I'll be watching a repeat of
the Four Corners program tonight and tomorrow morning
they're repeating Q and A - so I'll watch that as well.
I'll let you know what I think after that.