EdenRester@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoIndigenous Voice: Australians reject historic Indigenous referendum - BBC Newsbbc.inexternal-linkmessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1146arrow-down1external-linkIndigenous Voice: Australians reject historic Indigenous referendum - BBC Newsbbc.inEdenRester@kbin.social to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square102linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoSo we can expect the 10 of millions of dollars that bankrolled the “no” groups will now go directly to “poor people” now?
minus-squareryannathanslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThe Labor government appears to be committed to not changing anything.
minus-squareKᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoMakes me wonder if the Yes campaign was deliberately shit to achieve exactly that. Surely they knew that they could establish it anyway without constitutional support and prove that it worked and could be trusted before going for a full referendum.
So we can expect the 10 of millions of dollars that bankrolled the “no” groups will now go directly to “poor people” now?
The Labor government appears to be committed to not changing anything.
Makes me wonder if the Yes campaign was deliberately shit to achieve exactly that. Surely they knew that they could establish it anyway without constitutional support and prove that it worked and could be trusted before going for a full referendum.