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Indigenous Voice: Australians reject historic Indigenous referendum - BBC News (bbc.in)

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Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah as someone outside Australia I've been surprised at how biased and simplified the reporting has been. A complex constitutional issue is being painted as a simple "good people, bad people".

When I read about the changes myself (after having to go hunting for some actual detail - the reporting is pretty poor on this) it honestly seems more like virtue signalling rather than useful or meaningful reform.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its the eternal false dichotomy of "one side of a dispute must be the good guys, meaning the other side are therefore the bad guys."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Last time I looked at the count 40% of indigenous people voted against the voice, there's definitely no good/bad side in this regardless how some might choose to vilify others. We have compulsory voting as well.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

How old are you?