On the anniversary of the Voice referendum ... [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on oppression/bigotry/hate, violence/abuse. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

 

It has been a year since the disastrous outcome from the Voice referendum, and quite a bit is being written which is worth considering: 

“It Wasn’t Political; It Was Personal”   https://www.clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/blogs/it-wasnt-political-it-was-personal   “Blood, Sweat, and Tears: The Fight for Yes One Year On”         and   “A Collection of your Referendum Stories”   https://www.clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/blogs/a-collection-of-your-referendum-stories      and   “It’s still yes”   https://www.clothingthegaps.com.au/blogs/blogs/its-still-yes      

“Indigenous voice champions mark referendum anniversary with rallying cry for unity in Australia”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/14/indigneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-anniversary-advocates-call-for-unity   “Australia ‘still can’t have the hard conversations’, Pat Anderson tells online audience, who commit to stay true to Uluru”      

“I don’t want to revisit the time and the fallout of the voice referendum. But we cannot maintain the status quo”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/13/i-dont-want-to-revisit-the-time-and-the-fallout-of-the-voice-referendum-but-we-cannot-maintain-the-status-quo   “The agendas of truth-telling and treaty cannot be allowed to fall by the wayside in the failure of the voice to get up”     

 

In addition, the following are some past articles I have written on this and related topics: 

• “The NEED to keep ("unconscious") bigotry OUT of governance”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-need-to-keep-unconscious-bigots-out.html   

• “Indigenous matters: ALL Australian businesses need to learn best practice from Indigenous businesses, and a heart breaking analysis of the Referendum”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/12/indigenous-matters-all-australian.html      

• “From the news on: First People/Indigenous matters”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/from-news-on-first-peopleindigenous.html      

• “What next after the Voice? [Content Warning - strong emotion, language]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/what-next-after-voice-content-warning.html      

• “On The Voice and the fallout from the result”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/on-voice-and-fallout-from-result.html      

• “A brief reflection before beginning the week of silence”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-brief-reflection-before-beginning.html      

• “More on “From the news: on the Voice [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence. Reader discretion is advised]””   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/more-on-from-news-on-voice-note-content.html      

• “From the news: on the Voice [Note: Content Warning - links to reports on bigotry/hate, violence. Reader discretion is advised]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/10/from-news-on-voice-note-content-warning.html      

• “From the news: on the Voice”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/from-news-on-voice.html      

• “From the news: on the Voice and First Peoples matters”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/from-news-on-voice-and-first-peoples.html      

• “More positive news about the Voice”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/more-positive-news-about-voice.html      

• “White supremacists reach new lows”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/white-supremacists-reach-new-lows.html      

• “From recent news on First People’s issues [Content Warning - discrimination]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/from-recent-news-on-first-peoples-issues.html      

• “A follow up to “The savagery of white supremacism in Australia”: Effects [Content Warning - racism, white supremacism]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-follow-up-to-savagery-of-white.html      

• “The savagery of white supremacism in Australia [Content Warning - racism, white supremacism]”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-savagery-of-white-supremacism-in.html      

• “Some links and thoughts on The Voice referendum, systemic racism in Queensland, and colonialism”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/07/some-links-and-thoughts-on-voice.html      

• “Hate, hypocrisy and lies in the “no” campaign against the Voice”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/07/hate-hypocrisy-and-lies-in-no-campaign.html      

• “What happens if the Voice referendum doesn’t get up?”   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/06/what-happens-if-voice-referendum-doesnt.html      
  

 

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

 

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