Boris wrote on Apr 12
th, 2023 at 8:55am:
This is a taste of what "The Voice" has yet to bring us - the total shut down of Government
I think it's a bit extreme to claim that the "Voice" could shut down our
government. I'd go as far to say though that it'll turn out to be divisive,
as there's obvious evidence—already!—that
even the vote itself is
turning one Aussie against another.
It'll simply reinforce the "them and us" attitude already instilled into a
black and a white Australia.
Since 1967, every adult Aborigine has enjoyed exactly the same voting
rights as I have, the same access to parliament, and the same
protection under the laws of the land.
Also, There are
26 MPs in Australian parliaments who identify as an
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, which is
3.1% of all federal,
state and territory parliamentarians. This number matches exactly
the number of Aboriginals in the Australian population—therefore an
equal representation.
[
Australian Parliamentary Library, Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021.]