Voice to parliament referendum fails in defeat that Indigenous advocates will see as a blow to progress towards reconciliation

Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.

Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.

  • @StaccatoEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    Just Google it, the advice you always hear when the other person is shutting down any more conversation. What an unfortunate result

    • ASeriesOfPoorChoicesEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      “Google it” vs “no”. The point of the slogan was to highlight a) how the other side was shutting down the conversation and b) that their premise of ignorance was stupid, in a short pithy way.

      It wasn’t saying “go find out”, so much as “you CAN find out if you care, there is no reason to not know”

      That said, without question, the Yes campaign’s official messages were pretty poor. Supporters have been far more eloquent.

      On the “just google it” topic, this short video was brilliantly well done: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SAqIypjk-5A