• Ilandar
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    9 months ago

    Apparently not a lot, considering actual race based powers have been in the constitution since its inception.

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      9 months ago

      The foundation of the Australian colony is predicated on the notion that Indigenous People are not real humans and therefore the land was unoccupied.

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      9 months ago

      Most where removed currently there are only 2 sections that mention race that being section 25 and section 51. Section 25 prohibits a state from considering a race prevented from voting as part of their population (this was to encourage states not to discriminate but with our mandatory voting seems kinda irrelevent). Section 51 grants the commonwealth the ability to make laws about specific races. So as of current nothing in the constitution grants a race specifi powers it simply grants the government the ability to govern race.

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        9 months ago

        Why do you think 51(xxvi) was created?

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          9 months ago

          For the white Australia policy there was a referendum in 19 something that removed indigenous peoples exception

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            9 months ago

            Yes, so there we have it. The white race has historically held exclusive powers within the constitution. An Indigenous Voice, on the other hand, would have no such power. If you want to cry about racism, you should start with white Australians, rather than the most disadvantaged minority group in the country.

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              Historically being the key word their we realised our mistakes and became a better nation because of it. Also ur missing the fundamental understanding that causation is not correlation. By saying what you said your are implying they are disadvantaged because of their race. Historically they where seen as lesser because of their race that has been abolished for very good reason. However the historical president has set many up for failure this has been carried forward through many things like intergenerational wealth inequality etc. By solving a problem for a specific race we are not solving the underlying issue that not all people have equality we are solving a subset of that issue and only addressing disadvantaged people contingent upon their race. If you think they white Australia policy was a mistake as you should how can u stand by as we separate the nation based upon nothing but race?

              • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻OPM
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                9 months ago

                I still don’t think you understand the concept of the voice. It’s not there to end the disadvantage of Indigenous Australians.

                It’s there to recognise that they are the traditional owners of this land and that we want them to help us to move forwards together. For over 60000 years they took care of this land and developed their way of life. At the end of the 18th Century, only ~200 years ago this effectively ended. Non-indigenous Australians aren’t expected to pack up and move to Europe, and it’s unfair to demand that Indigenous Australians give up their culture. The Voice will be a step in the right direction along a joint path

                Edit: Clarity