The Referendum 12 Months On
The Referendum 12 months on may as well be lightyears away. In reality, the Referendum was a top-down neoliberal concept (stunt) that would never have worked, not in a million years!
In April 2023 I wrote:
Story of Our Age
Join the party centre stage
To unite and engage
Come ‘n’ share your rage
It’s the story of our age
We’ll vote on the voice
The people will have a choice
They’ll proceed to vote it down
You get what comes around
It was an observation of the public in general, of the racism, the bigotry, the bile and the hysteria whipped up by those who are opposed to the betterment of First Australians. The majority of the electorate failed to understand what they were voting for. Talk about snatching ignominy from the jaws of honour!!
To emphasise exactly where Australian politics stands on Indigenous issues, the Labor Party then failed to ratify the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People although it was endorsed in 2009. The bill was presented to Parliament in December 2023 for its second reading and was subsequently voted down by the Government and Opposition.
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