What is the Voice Referendum and what are we voting for? | The Voice Explained | ABC News
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice
In late 2023, Australians will have their say in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
The Voice would be an independent and permanent advisory body. It would give advice to the Australian Parliament and Government on matters that affect the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
For more information about the Voice, see: https://voice.gov.au/
Discussion
The following are some questions relating to the Voice referendum:
- What is the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?
- See video above.
- What is the Voice Referendum?
- How are the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders doing now?
- What are some of the current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander government agencies?
- https://yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au/overview/
- https://www.niaa.gov.au/who-we-are/the-agency
- https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice
- Since we already have many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander government agencies, why do we need the Voice?
- What are some of the basic philosophical questions?
- The First Fleet arrived in Australia on 26th January 1788. People from all over the world have since settled in Australia. The government of the settlers took the land from the indigenous people. Do you consider the occupation and settlement of Australia just?
- What is justice?
- Most Australians would agree that all Australians should be treated equally. The early settlers created a society based on the British system. Later settlers chose to live in this society. However, the indigenous people had no choice. Were the indigenous people treated equally?
- If not, what should be done to redress that injustice and/or inequality?
- Efforts to close the gap (the vast health and life-expectation inequality between First Nations people and non-Indigenous people in Australia) have largely been unsuccessful. What should be done to close the gap?
- What are the arguments for the "Yes" case?
- What are some of the arguments for the "No" case?
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