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Tens of thousands of Australians hit the streets in support of the October 14 referendum (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While polling for Brisbane has suggested the majority will vote No, one supporter of the Yes campaign, Nathan Appo said the large crowd was an indication of strong support.

Gotta say, I think it's going to be a fairly conclusive "NO" result unfortunately.

It's not really something that gets brought up in conversation all that often, but when it does I'm still kinda surprised at how many people plan on voting no. It's always the same arguments too... typical "no" talking points that have been parroted all over the major news channels and what not.

Bit disheartening to be honest, but I've kind of accepted we live in a pretty backwards part of Australia (let alone the world) in so many ways.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's an even simpler no vote from me: I am opposed to any ethnicity-based segregation of government.

I understand a lot of the intent of the people wanting to vote yes but this is too important a principle to violate for me. I would of course vote for a constitutional voice style taskforce on eliminating pokies or tackling DV - both areas where indigenous people suffer; but so do many other Australians.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's not a segregation of government though, it's merely an advisory body, which, the government can completely ignore if their advice is inconvenient.

Furthermore, it's not based on ethnicity, it's based on a cultural group

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

A principle so "important" that you completely fail to do any research before making decisions in relation to it.