⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻M to Australian [email protected]English • 11 months agoIndigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited'www.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down111
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkIndigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited'www.abc.net.au⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻M to Australian [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months ago the “gay marriage yes or no” referendum Small nitpick: it was a plebiscite - not a referendum. Our marriage laws aren’t contained in the Constitution, so a referendum wasn’t required.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoWith the sheer volume of political nonsense surrounding the question at the time, it sure felt like a referendum!
Small nitpick: it was a plebiscite - not a referendum. Our marriage laws aren’t contained in the Constitution, so a referendum wasn’t required.
Didn’t even realise that, thank you.
With the sheer volume of political nonsense surrounding the question at the time, it sure felt like a referendum!