Hey, just a little nudge, if you’re keen to chat about the Voice to Parliament, we’ve got this corker of a megathread where we can all have a good chinwag in one spot. But if you’re not up for that, no worries, it’s business as usual. Gotta keep things fair dinkum!
to save anyone a click, yeah most no votes are the oldies, if anyone is surprised
How many of you are voting “yes”? BTW how to vote and when does it start ?
Here’s the Australian Electoral Commission page for it. The last referendum happened before I was born so, can’t speak much to that. I imagine it would be similar to the recent federal election where you go to your local polling place (usually a state school - the AEC should send a letter), however, instead of ranking candidates on the ballot you will just have a box which you should write ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in (yes if you support the voice, no if not). But definitely check out that resource I linked and if you’re interested in people’s opinions on the voice, have a read through our megathread
The last referendum happened before I was born so, can’t speak much to that. I imagine it would be similar to the recent federal election
Probably you mean “before I was voting age” rather than “before I was born”. The last referendum wasn’t that long ago and it was about recognising indigenous Australians in the constitution. Australia voted No.
Anyway, it’ll be closer to a plebiscite than an election - which we’ve done more recently (gay marriage, and Australia voted Yes). Turn up at one of your ocal schools/halls/etc, preferably with photo ID so they can find your name, select “yes” or “no” on a slip of paper, fold it up and put it in a tamper proof box. Then go home and watch the count at the end of the day.
You might be tempted to write a message (or draw a middle finger) on the slip of paper. Don’t do that. It’ll probably just result in your vote being discarded. And nobody who sees it will care - it’ll just be set aside and ignored.
Probably you mean “before I was voting age” rather than “before I was born”. The last referendum wasn’t that long ago
I mean I too feel the 90s weren’t that long ago, but it has been long enough that I wouldn’t assume they misspoke on that one. After all someone born when that referendum happened would turn 24 this November, so there’s a good number of people old enough to vote in this referendum who weren’t around in '99.
It was nearly 24 years ago, so there’s more than half a decade someone could be born within following it and still be eligible to vote in this referendum.
The preamble contained more than recognition of indigenous Australians, that was only one of the points in it. Full text here https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/legislation/bills/r900_first-reps/toc_pdf/99160B01.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf
Yes has Farnsie and Barnsie
No has Pantsdown and that strange potato man.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Found this which made me lol a bit
Rupes can’t vote. He renounced his Australian citizenship to be able to own media in the US.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The RedBridge poll was conducted over a period both before and after the Uluru Dialogue launched its ad for the Yes campaign featuring John Farnham’s You’re the Voice.
The poll results also suggest naming the date for the referendum vote, and a general intensifying of campaign activity, have had little immediate impact on public opinion.
Polls from both RedBridge and Essential this week have suggested that the No vote is slowly firming, while Yes is struggling to consolidate its locked-in support.
On paper that might give them a campaign advantage, and enable hundreds of thousands of one-on-one conversations to occur as polling day approaches.
Yes advocates, like Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, maintain those conversations — and a direct engagement with the issue — will make all the difference.
Combine that with a general apathy about the referendum, which Kos Samaras says is coming through strong in focus groups conducted by RedBridge.
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