The Voice

[northernblue]

Why so you say that?  Because no won?  This doesn't make the country against indigenous affairs or for it.  It makes the nation unconvinced that the yes no referendum would make any difference and would simply lead to another mouth feeding at the trough of politics. 

Another one who seems to think that the outcome of a poorly articulated and scoped referendum not getting up says more about the public than those in parliament proposing this rubbish.

What were we actually voting for?  The answer is nothing. It's wel known that the indigenous people don't have one united voice.  They have multiple languages, tribes, and people.  One voice was never going to be sufficient but i heard from the minister of Indigenous affairs last week, and instantly thought to myself should this seat not be our indigenous voice to parliament?

What about the democratic process means the indigenous people have no voice?

What is stopping the indigenous people from forming a party for this reason and running for election?

We are currently in the midst of one of the poorest economic situations the country has seen during my lifetime, and we have just thrown 100s of millions away on a referendum that has no scope.

That is political suicide.

I voted no for most of the reasons you’ve just expressed, particularly the new group of snouts in the trough, the last thing this country needs.
I also agree that Aboriginal people of the NT have plenty of opportunity to get representation by voting.

On a side note, I have actually been blocked by ABC Darwin on fb, it would seem that my suggestion that gov can never be wholly responsible for people and their lives and that they as a community must accept personal responsibility for the alcoholism, rampant drug use and child neglect.