An alliance of elites is urging the Yes campaign for an Indigenous voice to parliament upon a wary and suspicious Australian public. Reconciliation cannot be achieved by division. This is the best encapsulation of this debate that I have read. Paul Kelly nails it. In post-war Australia there has rarely, if ever, been a political … Continue reading There has never been a political alignment like this →

Great opinion piece from Janet Albrechtsen in The Australian last week on The Voice. What is it about the voice debate, and indeed much of the debate about Indigenous affairs generally, that causes apparently rational people to lose all objectivity, wallow in sentimentality and engage in irrational overreach? In my lifetime I have not seen … Continue reading Indigenous voice to parliament: How voice of reason has been lost to emotional abuse →

Below is a broad look at the 'whole issue' with which I find myself in strong agreement. Everyone wants to see the 20-35% of Indigenous peoples, who are currently leading dysfunctional lives in remote areas, do better. Many voters want this to happen “now”. But any solution is going to take decades. The fact that … Continue reading A Comprehensive Look at The Voice →

The Financial Review has run a prescient article penned by barrister Louise Clegg (wife of Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor), commenting on proposed amendment to the Constitution, which would insert a new chapter to create the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament and the executive government. She is firmly on the side of the … Continue reading THE VOICE CRITICS FIND THEIR VOICE →

Henry Ergas: Voice to entrench racial separatism We are not responsible for the Australia of the past; we are responsible for that of the future. As we celebrate this Australia Day weekend, nothing more starkly engages that responsibility than the proposed changes to the Constitution. That is all the truer because the proposed voice cuts … Continue reading The Voice →