The Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Don't take my word for it, look into it properly. And before you start on that journey may I say...
GOOD LUCK FINDING DETAIL (apparently some people need only a bland concept)
Disclaimer - 15th of December 2022 as this is typed. As much detail as possible has been gathered, see if you can find any more specific detail whatever date it is when you read this.
So far the PM & other Labor MPs that dare speak on it are either full of vague motherhood statements rich & over flowing with emotional sentiment, with lashings of guilt for anyone not getting on board.
The Devil is in the lack of detail & if you're supporting a constitutional change of huge signifigance with little chance of repeal or amendment once in...well you're a fool buying poison or a person who should not be in parliament.
The aim has been clearly made. Pass the Referendum THEN and only then, sort out the detail of what the changes to the constitution shall be...via the parliament.
In others we the people are expected to pass a refendum on a constitional amendment with no detail at all & gift that role away from us the people, to a ruling political party.
THAT IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROCESS IS MEANT TO ALLOW. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PROCESS IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT.
The process is very clear a referendum is required to Amend the Constitution. A bill containing the Amendment must be presented to Federal Parliament & passed. Once passed writs are obtained and the process rolls on & eventually the enrolled voters amongst the people vote on whether to pass the amendment or not.
THAT is not what the Federal Labor Government wants or is pushing. Instead they want you to pass a referendum to change the constitution that the Parliament will decide on AFTER the referendum.
Now read this slowly & read it a few times. If that's truly their aim, they want a ruling political party to change the constitution not the people. Labor, the Greens, the Teals, Andrew Gee & whoever else want the constitution to be changed to a model we don't know about, that we cannot assess will be effective nor how it will work, what is powers, structure, costs, reporting nor compliance to what rules are.
ARE YOU READY FOR THAT? IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT (a legislator, a law maker on our behalf) AND YOU SUPPORT THAT, PLEASE RESIGN FROM POLICTICAL LIFE NOW
Now if you want to know what the Voice might look like, you're going to have to read the 272 page Report (link below. Go read it. Many of your parliamentarians haven't) that was handed down middle of last year. I read it as soon as it was available to the public. Some political players, MPs & parties had already formed set & passed policies to support the Voice BEFORE the report was even finished. Some 2 years before when no options or details had even beem discussed.
As they say in the classics, "HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?"
Chances are they're pineapples and you're about to have those pineapples inserted in you sideways. Brace yourself.
Here's some of the thing that may or may not be coming because its just some of the things in the 272 page report -
1) Its a Voice to Parliament AND Government. Meaning it's potentially having say & influence over Bills that are being presented to Parliament AND also having a say and/or influence with Bureaucrats over Acts that are already in place & how they are to be enacted & played out in the community. Again, we have no idea if there's any veto involved & who holds it. Its another devil in the lack of detail.
In any case that's 2 Voices not one. And you need to see this for what it really is. This is potentially TWO SEPERATE LOBBY GROUPS FULLY PAID FOR BY ALL AUSTRALIAN TAXPAYERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ITS MEMBERS. WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IS CENTRED PURELY & SOLELY ON RACE. Or as the report vaguely determines, membership is restricted solely to "Indigenous Identity" that is by virtue of a person's race.
It's TWO SEPERATE LOBBY GROUPS that are fully funded by the Australian Taxpayer to influence the Parliament & the Government department. Until we're given a full & proper model to consider, it is very reasonable to assess the Pro Voice commentary & consider that is the aim & therefore we should oppose it.
2) Those Political Parties who are supporting it have done so without knowing or considering any FINAL MODEL because, lets be frank, there is no final model. Today it's December 24th. There is still no model at all but there are plenty of suggestions in the 272 page "expert report" (Link Below) of what it "might look like.
This is something to consider & not forget. Emboldened text for extra emphasis...
Some MPs & some political parties decided to support this when it was first raised, some later in 2018, some in 2019 and yet that report wasn't finished until JULY 2021.
Yes that's right, no final report with options until July 2021, its now mid December 2022 and there's still NO FINALISED MODEL.
And yet some political parties, some MPs have chosen to support a constitutional change they cannot define. Who even does this???
Andrew Gee even resigned from his party over this. Of all the issues he could have resigned over, he chose the stance on a constitutional change with no solid final model with actual detail. I think he's broken ranks for other reasons and this one provides him good cover to do so whilst gathering support from anyone not happy with the Nats. I gift no real reasoned decision to do with the Voice and smell the strong whiff of rank political opportunity.
3) Some of the porponents have varying ideas of what will happen. This graphic was on the Uluru Statement website but since removed. It may be because the website has been totally revamped & its yet to be re-posted but it was on the previous website.
And to think some political parties & some MPs decided to support this anyway. Not their fault is it? They decided without any facts or reports...just went with their gut feeling instead of waiting for facts. Well its facts now & take close note of who amongst them has not changed their view to an even fair middle ground of "Look there's much confusion and we as a party will be revisiting it in its entirity to get a better understanding to make a better informed decision."
I think some will stupidly dig in & hold fast to their intellectually bankrupt decision that was made without any detail nor understanding because they might be seen as fools. Well so be it to their political demise
4) The Big One - Labor MPs have already said there will be no detail until after the referrendum is passed. One MP famously said they didn't want it getting bogged down in detail, that it needed to be passed & the government can sort the final model & Voice's foundations & make up afterwards.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PROCESS TO CHANGE THE CONSITUTION IS SET UP TO SPECIFICALLY AVOID. GOVERNMENTS AND/OR RULING PARTIES ARE EXPRESSLY PREVENTED FROM CHANGING THE CONSTITUTION FOR VERY GOOD REASON. ITS BLOODY DANERGOUS AND ITS COMPLETELY WRONG. ONLY THE PEOPLE VIS REFERENDUM CHANGE IT- NEVER THE GOVERNMENT. NEVER, REPEAT NEVER.
What the federal Labor Government is doing & what other MPs from Labor & other parties are doing is approving the wrongful alteration of the Australian Constitution which the Legal Framework is specifically designed to prevent. You cannot sign a document and sign away the rights of protection of a child...rightly so. And you cannot possibly allow a political party to have permission to change the constitution instead of the people.
I cannot understand how some from a supposedly Conservative Party or those with a Law Degree in the Labor Party are happy to allow this to happen.
5) I can come up with quite a number of equally concerning issues this "Voice" will or might cause. This is probably enough, should have been enough to call for a finalised model up front.
Silence though.
Even those in favour of whatever they think the Voice is should be voting no until there is a fully finalalised model BEFORE the referendum.
If you MP or the party you support or are financial member of actually support the Voice despite these concerns...you're probably being sold very short by grifter theatre props who don't know the issue, don't know anymore than a profoundly vague concept and if so...they're exactly the people we do not need in Parliament. You have your Australian version of left wing lunancy that is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Yes, if they'd be every bit as bad as her. No reasoned & informed decision. Just emotive sentiment.
We're in troubling times & very much seems like the people we really need in parliament aren't and have no desire to go anywhere near it ever. A very well known, very well connected senior jouranlist told me a view which is probably based on far more knowledge than me.
I said I thought around 10% of every party were good, honest, well meaning MPs...that the others were people of previously floundering or stagnating careers or went into parliament as a means to be restructuring their significant personal debt. Or for the attention and hopefully best corporate box seats at the AFL/Cricket/Tennis or lots of free stuff & get credit for grants they didn't (hopefully) decide on.
He said my calculations more likely suggested I'm far too kind, that the percentage was much lower and "that parliament was a humidicrib for mediocity"
Pin them down on these matters & you will get profoundly vague motherhood statements...deflections, not concessions, no changes of heart or mind.
This is the mess we will contend with.
There is much more BAD legislation on the way
Here, click the link & read the 272 page report that didn't even exist when some MPs & some Political Parties made their decision on the Voice to Parliament. Not much point having a Race Based Tax Payer Funded Lobby Group to Parliament & Government when many of the MPs are not fit for purpose as law makers & cannot even attain embarassing mediocrity.
https://voice.niaa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-12/indigenous-voice-co-design-process-final-report_1.pdf
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