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Albanese keeps door open to legislating Voice if the referendum fails


"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has not ruled out legislating the Voice to Parliament should Australians vote to reject enshrining the body in the Constitution, prompting accusations from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton that he was being tricky with the public.

Albanese side-stepped questions on whether he intended to legislate the Voice if the referendum was lost, saying instead that he was not contemplating failure as he was pressed on the option in two interviews.

“Well, one of the things that I’m not doing is leading with a position that assumes a loss of a referendum,” Albanese told 2GB’s Ben Fordham on Wednesday. He provided a similar response on Sky News on Tuesday evening.

But he rejected the assertion that he would be ignoring the will of voters if the government proceeded to legislate the body in the wake of a failed national vote, suggesting the two outcomes were separate, likening the scenario to “confusing rugby league and rugby union”.

“If Australians say no, then there will be no constitutional change,” Albanese said."

Now, that's about as slippery as it gets...

The Heartless Felon wrote on Jan 21^st, 2023 at 9:00am:


Interestingly the South Australian parliament  is going to legislate a voice; why can't the Australian government do the same?

"The First Nations Voice Bill 2022 proposes:
A strong, independent and direct line of communication for First Nations peoples to South Australia's Parliament.
Regions are established in South Australia, each with their own Local First Nations Voice".


Seems the nation doesn't need to change its Constitution, just introduce a bill like the above (likely to pass in SA, with Greens and Labor support).   

[The only reason I might vote yes in the proposed voice referendum is: Noel Pearson supports it - and Noel also supports a Job Guarantee].

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jan 20^th, 2023 at 9:31pm:


Not irrelevant at all, it's why women are poorer than men, on average.

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"Estimates for average weekly ordinary time earnings for full-time adults (seasonally adjusted): Increased by 1.9% to $1,769.80 annually to May 2022. For males were $2,075.30 (public), and $1,835.60 (private). For females were $1,821.30 (public), and $1,523.60 (private)."

Note: I can't find a figure for average HOURLY wages for women: can you supply a link to that figure? 

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Addressed above, please supply a link showing average HOURLY wages for women - which you are so concerned about differentiating with average WEEKLY earnings.

Nevertheless, it's average weekly earnings which determine your income over a week, a year and entire working life.   

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Correct. 


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Ah...so your "serial killers" in fact referred to a specific group - people who might have been seeking revenge for being invaded....

See the problem?

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a cop killer and a criminal.....see the problem? 

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See where your delusional 'sovereignty of the individual' ideology leads you, to support a cop-killer and a criminal?

Only the law can be sovereign; you don't like the laws you can change them, starting with the law forbidding treasury/central banks from financing government.....

What will the Voice know that we don't know already?

Thers are about a thousand Aboriginal organisation talking to every level of government. What are they NOT saying that the Voice will be able to?

Why does the Voice need to be in the constitution? Albo will legislate it anyway, dven if the referendum fails.

Frank wrote on Jan 21^st, 2023 at 11:30am:


Yeah - stuff the will of the people he serves... they need to be put in their proper place of subservience and do what they're told.  A typical neo-Fascist of the 'left', and just as stupid.

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