Referendum wash up

Collo · Senior Member

Referendum wash up

Eaglemax · Guru

With a 55/45% divide of the country I wouldn't touch this topic with a barge pole... Tony

Cuppa · Guru

dorian · Guru

My overall take from the vote is that aboriginal people don't know what they want. They appear to be content with complaining rather than taking advantage of the opportunity that was set up by their own council of elders and put before the nation by the government. AISI, the aboriginal "problem" is intractable. In fact I wonder whether I should care anymore.

Magnarc · Guru

Another closed thread on the way?????

Cuppa · Guru

dorian wrote:
My overall take from the vote is that aboriginal people don't know what they want. They appear to be content with complaining rather than taking advantage of the opportunity that was set up by their own council of elders and put before the nation by the government. AISI, the aboriginal "problem" is intractable. In fact I wonder whether I should care anymore.

Not sure where you get your 'take' from. Certainly not the same as mine. The results I posted above from Cape York, were mirrored in Arnhem Land & I believe across most aboriginal communities. The referendum didn't fail on account of the Aboriginal vote.

dorian · Guru

AISI, the overall indigenous vote was a 60/40 split between Yes/No. To me, that is a very disappointing result. While the overall No vote was inevitable, I could at least have derived some comfort and satisfaction if the indigenous vote had been a resounding Yes. Instead, I have much the same feelings that I had when the "do you want free and fair elections" referendum was defeated all those years ago, namely despair and futility.

Webmaster · Guru

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