With a referendum on the Voice to Parliament approaching in the second half of the year, there's one myth about the proposed body which refuses to die, despite repeated debunking.
Why implement a permanent solution to a temporary problem of inequity?
Surely the inequity can be dealt with and then the need for special representation will cease to exist?
I seriously don’t understand why this needs to be in the Constitution. It is too permanent and removing it later, when its original purpose no longer applies, will be a costly and ugly argument.
I agree, there’s nothing stopping Labor from Legislating the Voice now and then asking for a referendum to make it permanent, it would lack some of the Consitutional power in the interim but would be a far fairer method of going about it.
It’s not about inequality. The problem is that currently as it stands there is no special status in the constitution for the voice of the traditional owners of a land on which sovereignty was never ceded. It’s a permanent problem that the voice will address.
Why implement a permanent solution to a temporary problem of inequity?
Surely the inequity can be dealt with and then the need for special representation will cease to exist?
I seriously don’t understand why this needs to be in the Constitution. It is too permanent and removing it later, when its original purpose no longer applies, will be a costly and ugly argument.
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Your first sentence is a tautology because that’s what has been proposed, that isn’t in question at all.
“ It’s really all about having the best information available to parliament when needed so good legislation and informed debates can be had.”
Nothing I’ve seen about the structure of the proposed Voice guarantees that the advice will be listened to, acted on or fact based.
What I would like to see is a meritocratic process for membership to the Voice, a term limit on its establishment and actual power in government.
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I agree, there’s nothing stopping Labor from Legislating the Voice now and then asking for a referendum to make it permanent, it would lack some of the Consitutional power in the interim but would be a far fairer method of going about it.
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It’s not about inequality. The problem is that currently as it stands there is no special status in the constitution for the voice of the traditional owners of a land on which sovereignty was never ceded. It’s a permanent problem that the voice will address.
No one should get a “special status” based on race, ever, for any reason.
I agree 100%
The voice to parliament isn’t a privilege attributed to a race, it’s a privilege for the traditional owners of the land.