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  • Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    This is a shit outcome. It’s not surprising, but it’s shit. To the Indigenous Australians amongst us: I’m sorry. I hope one day Australia will show you the respect and care you deserve.

    Ultimately, I’m angry. Angry at this country, really. We need to be better than this.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Agreed. First Nations peoples should get the vote and the right to have elected representatives in all levels government. I just don’t understand why people would vote no to that.

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        seriously, I thought I would be flamed for that post

        If I had 400 million I would have spent it on educating First Nations people on how to use the power they have, to vote and stand for elected government. Government has the power to make policy and direct spending.

        USE YOUR POWER.

      • landsharkkidd@aussie.zone
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        Yeah I really just do not understand why it’s a bad thing that our First Nations peoples can have more say when it comes to stuff related to them. Like I heard one wild thing was if the voice was majority yes, then First Nations peoples would kick every person out of their house.

        First, what an absolutely wild assumption. Secondly, I mean that’s what white colonisers did…

    • tone_212@aussie.zone
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      Looks like Victoria is the only state that might vote yes and even that’s not a given. I really thought this would be closer.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I was hoping that there might have been a chance that it got through but it seems not to be.

      It’s really sad to be honest that this is the outcome.

    • the_procrastinata@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      I’m really angry and sad. I’m angry and sad like I was when Australia voted in Morrison’s shit circus in 2019 over Bill Shorten‘s genuine reform alternative. Fear, ignorance, and a really nasty bubbling streak of racism.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      We ARE better than this. Let’s be clear, Australia has voted against Murdoch media in the past, but labor set this up to fail hard. Albo should resign. This will be spun as a win for the libs, but a huge portion of Aussies didn’t understand what they were voting for. I agree, those who didn’t had a responsibility to educate themselves, but labor had a responsibility to show people why this was a vote for unity.

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zone
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      I’m just, I’m so disappointed. I mean, it feels weird to vote for the idea to give people more rights when they’re the ones who lived here first. It’s like taking a vote on if you should allow your housemate to be on the lease.

      It’s just really disappointing. Labor didn’t expect that the No vote would come out swinging and because of that there was A LOT of misinformation. Honestly, if you have fucking NAZI’S on your side… you should really re-evaluate your opinions.