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After the voice defeat, we can never again allow politics to suspend the cause of Indigenous justice – Paula Gerber and Melissa Castan (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A hundred days on from the unsuccessful referendum, it’s time to rebuild momentum for the rights of First Nations people

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Realistically what they can achieve is whatever LNP will support.

Alternatively, we can ignore the fossils and grow as a nation. We absolutely can get there. If the vote had only been open to people under 50, it would have passed. We are growing and evolving. The ship turns slowly, but it does turn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm not saying you are right or wrong, but if we suspend voting for ~1/3rd of our adult population, then what we are practicing is no longer a democracy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ha! I wasn't proposing we exclude over 50's. I like voting myself.

What I was saying is that the pendulum is already swinging and soon enough we will be pointed in that direction as successive additions join on the zoomer end of the spectrum (and yes: Older people die). We don't need to worry about what we "can realistically achieve" and let the LNP take the lead on this issue. We can ignore them: in another decade, we will be there with or without them.