If you didn't see the news - which would be impossible in Australia as it has been getting 24/7 coverage over the weekend - the Referendum to enshrine Aborigines in the Constitution with an Advisory Board called the Voice has been spectacularly defeated. The Left are now playing the blame game and blaming everyone but themselves. They're campaign made so many mis-steps it was always doomed to failure. Personally I think the big shift came when Western Australia made new Aboriginal Heritage laws which immediately backfired. The very first issue that arose from it was when a group of volunteers wanted to plant 1000 trees on some 'public' land. The aboriginal elder demanded $200,000 to let them do it. The backlash was swift and severe. The big takeaway from the vote though was that the people who live with the most Aborigines were the most against it whilst the inner city latte sipping Green/Left Elites were the only people who supported. But too many people are now aware of the WEF's long term plans and the way they will use indigenous peoples to push it. Everyone I spoke to thought it was a foot in the door for reparations and rent-seeking which the Aborigines disingenuously called "Truth telling". At the end of the day every aborigine is getting over $45,000 spent on them annually. That's way more than the white and no-abo communities who receive around $20,000 for social benefits. The other issue that was raised constantly was that people do not view anyone with less than 75% Abo heritage as being Aborigine. And their movement was hijacked by all these half caste activists looking to cement a seat at the political table and have a say over massive handouts. I saw people whiter than me (i'm virtually albino) claiming to be abos just for the virtue signaling. But credit to the everyday suburbanite who saw through this. This result and the NZ election shows that people are waking up to the international left and we will not go silently into that bug eating, no possessions WEF dystopia.
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I posted this in another thread, but I'll repost it here for anyone interested:
Another Aussie here and what a wild ride it's been.
To give some context around what's been happening, there was a referendum asking to change the constitution to include the following:
You can probably already see the problems:
In other words, it would constitutionalise a race-based lobby group, equipped with a separate bureaucracy that would give indigenous citizens the ability to have an additional say on every law and administrative decision, not just those relating specifically to Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders.
The referendum was introduced by the Labour party (a left wing political party in Australia) but did not have bipartisan support from either the Liberals (right wing) or the greens (hard left wing). For context, no referendum in Australia has ever succeeded without bipartisan support.
It did however get support from many of the biggest corporations in Australia including banks, tech companies, airlines, grocery chains, and others. It had support from many church denominations and many high profile people as well. Have a look at this list of the 'Yes' endorsements compared to the 'No' endorsements - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorsements_in_the_2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum
It was virtue signaling on steroids.
The Yes' campaign came out with all the usual leftist talking points - every indigenous person was a victim, and it was needed to combat institutional racism in Australia. They accused the 'No' campaign of racism and misinformation - despite the 'No' campaign being headed up by two Indigenous people - Warren Mundine and Jacinta Price.
They had massive financial backing as well and ran a media blitz - 'Yes' advertisements were everywhere - TV, radio, online, billboards and signs all over the place. In the polling booth I went to on Saturday, there were 'Yes' campaign signs everywhere and not a single 'No' campaign sign anywhere - it was wild.
a couple of other highlights:
The 'Yes' campaign colours were very similar to that of the AEC (Australian Electoral Commission) - the body that oversees elections and referendums. I don't believe this was a coincidence.
The AEC came out and said they would accept a tick as a 'yes' vote, but not a cross as a 'no' vote. Note - the correct way to fill out a voting form is to write either yes or no in the box on the form.
It came out during the campaign that some of the leaders of the 'Yes' campaign were actual communists. Others publicly advocated for reparations and the changing of Australia day (which many lefties call 'Invasion day').
And despite all of the institutional backing and all of the money the 'yes' campaign had they still failed to win a majority in any state, or with the population in general. The only territory that voted 'yes' was the ACT (Australian Capital Territory), our equivalent to Washington DC. Fortunately, territories don't count in the referendum.
So yes, this was in fact, a big white pill moment.
They don't count for the 4/6 states needed requirement, but do count for the majority of individuals requirement*
Wait.... the green party did not support "the voice" or just the referendum?
I should have clarified - they didn't support the voice when it was announced, but they after months of negotiations with the Labour party, they did end up throwing their support behind it.
This did cause one member of the greens to quit the party - a senator named Lydia Thorpe (who has a reputation for being bat shit crazy)
That is surprising. The proposal sounds exactly like something they'd support.