We will be wasting and misdirecting much more money and
resources if we continue to keep on making decisions for
our Indigenous people.

They have the solutions for their
problems in their communities. We just need to let them
have a Voice and the government to listen - to solve their
problems. It's something that has not been done before.
It's time it was done.

The solutions to many of the complex problems facing
Indigenous communities today already exist - but they
don't have the power to change policy to implement them.

It is important to have those opportunities that are
going to give Voice to individual communities.

One community is not the same as another and the priorities
of each community is different.

The truth is Indigenous Australians are among the most
disadvantaged in the country.

Unfortunately the Voice is being weaponised politically by
the NO campaigners. We can't let them win.

Dear Steele,

"The lobby groups campaigning to sink the Indigenous Voice
to Parliament Referendum have deep links to a number of
conservative Christian organisations and consultancies, a
Guardian investigation can reveal. There's more at the
following:

http://theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/13/indigenous-voice-no-campaigns-deep-links-to-conservative-christian-politics

We need to give
our First People a chance
To advise the government
How they can advance

Foxy,
All well & good but do they or anyone else know what they actually want to advance to ? If it is privileges they want then all I can say what more to they expect & if it's equal rights then they already have them even without the responsibility the rest of us have to adhere to.
There is a cut-off point where welfare has to stop & effort cuts in & that goes for everyone living here or so it should !
The argument that the indigenous Australians aren't reciving enough is not a our fault, their standover lords are responsible for that mess & these same people are now vying for positions on the Voice bandwagon !

After little more than a year, Paul Collits is calling Albanese our worst PM ever:

. Albanese has achieved in even less time than Whitlam a near total destruction of a nation.

• He is a rare breed of politician. Stupid and dangerous.

• He is willing to throw the country under the bus with his madness.

He shows no empathy for those who are struggling with a cost-of-living crisis. If anything, he seems to be going out of his way to worsen it.

politcom.com.au/albanese-on-track-as-worst-pm-ever

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As Foxy just pointed out in her latest post, the NO campaign seems to be “spear-headed” (if I may use the expression) by the politically conservative religious organisation, the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL).

Martyn Iles, former managing director of the ACL, published an article in The Australian last year in which he grossly misrepresented the Voice project in racial terms opposing Australians “by skin colour – black v white”.

I find it surprising that a major, highly reputable, conservative newspaper such as The Australian should publish an article whose principal, if not sole argument, is based on racist considerations.

For those who may have missed it, here is the link to the article :

http://www.acl.org.au/blog/indigenous-voice/

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Dear Foxy,

You say that the Voice will have no power, that it will be advisory only, but then you write:

"The solutions to many of the complex problems facing
Indigenous communities today already exist - but they
don't have the power to change policy to implement them."

So if the Voice carries no powers (beyond advisory) to implement change, and the solutions are already known, then why aren't those changes being implemented now?