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.

  • @pdxfedEnglish
    -1•1 year ago

    I’ll answer your question if you can tell me why you put quotes around your second sentence?

      • @pdxfedEnglish
        -5•1 year ago

        Ah, an actual quote, thought you might be one of those brutes who use quotation marks instead of any other form of punctuation. In the Old Forum, there was a good community for signage with this kind of thing. My favorite was a marijuana dispensary sign with “taxes and fees included”.

        The answer to your question is greed enabled through capitalism; it makes people think there isn’t enough because most people are constantly being abused by the system and don’t have enough, as it was designed.

        • @WilliamTheWickedEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Noooo. Sorry. Just a regular brute, I fear . I do comprehend sentence structure.