For some there are only two consideration in life, first, what advantages them, and second, "money". They think John Farnham would be concerned about missing out on financial gain with his song.

"I (Fester) just hope that John Farnham gets paid for the use of his song"

Why is that Fester, you measure everything in dollars and cents, do you.

ttbn; "That might remove him (Farnham) from the playlists of quite a few people and cost him a lot of money in the future". Another crusty old conservative who believes money is the be all and end all, must be saving up for a gold casket.

Hey, that jackass Dud Dutton wants Albanese to change the wording of the referendum question. Well jackass Albanese has no power to do that, the question has been determined by the parliament, and only the parliament can enact new legislation . Dutton you are such a fool, and you want to be the next PM, me thinks not

We are one and we are many - and from all the different
lands on earth we come - we are Australian. Yes indeed.
I have proclaimed this on this forum many, many times.
Which means we accept different cultures and religions -
and don't impose just the one religion and political
viewpoint on everyone!

The Voice is asking for us to be inclusive - and to listen
and acknowledge our First Nations Peoples and their rightful
place in this country

WTF?

Still wrong mhaze.

Professor Davis has referred to claims that the Statement from the Heart is 26 pages long as "disinformation" and a "well-organised and well-funded misinformation campaign".

Professor Davis also rejected claims that the extra pages were kept "secret" until recently, noting that most have been publicly available for years, as they form part of the 2017 Final Report of the Referendum Council.

"That's the formal report. It's all in there … nothing hidden," she wrote on Wednesday. "It's been there for seven years."

"Politicians of bad faith like Pauline Hanson and the Coalition, who are on a unity ticket, are pointing to a Henry Parkes Oration I gave in 2018, where I say the Uluru Statement is not only the one pager, that there's 18-20 more pages for Australians to read," she wrote.

"This is alluding to the many pieces of information that informed the Uluru Statement or provide context to the statement."

The statement is the one page.

I received the official Referendum Booklet today.
It is definitely worth a read and presents the
YES and NO arguments clearly.

As for Farnham's song? It's history is on the web.
And it's an interesting one. A new documentary was
released on the 19th May 2023, "Finding the Voice,"
It was shown at the Palace cinemas. The singer's career was
flagging when the track landed on his desk. The documentary
detailed hos his best known song came to be - bagpipes and
all.

The track is one of Australia's most enduring global
classic. A song that's both sentimental and forceful
in its convictions and seemingly non-partisan for all
groups to try to co-opt it. It's ingrained on the
cultural memory of both young and old. And hopefully it will
reach out and touch the hearts of everyone hearing it again
today.

Yes - we are all Australians, but it is time that we voted
for a better future for our First Nations People.

Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn wrote that 'the biggest mistake people make is assuming that totalitarianism can't happen in their country'.

The mistaken people here on OLO, as well as those in the real world going for YES, are the low-information, ill-read types who are unaware that the new totalitarianism (a la Albanese) is not based on overt violence, but on psychological manipulation.

The NO case has prevailed here, and the polls say it's prevealing, even increasing, in the real world. Hopefully that is so.

Australia cannot afford for it to be any other way.

Our First Nations people have put forward to the
Australian people a very modest request stating
how they want to be recognised within
the founding document of the country.

They asked for a Voice that gave them a greater say
in laws, policies, and programs that impact them.

Our current Prime Minister made an election promise
to give their request a priority. Which he has done.
He kept his election promise. It will be up to the
Australian people to decide whether the request of
our First Nations people is granted or not.

For some politicians to now go out and propose something
completely alternate, and some people suggesting - that the
Voice is something different to what it actually is -
beggars belief.

To propose and suggest something
completely alternate to what the First Nations people
asked clearly speaks to their disempowerment as our
First Nations people - when others think they have a
better solution and a better way forward. While still
others are trying to use fear and scare-mongering
tactics - which is the usual method when not being
able to offer anything of substance.

I think it was WTF - who called then "Chicken Little."
Which is a very apt description. Thank you.