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There are 5 basic options for the voice. 1. No voice. 2. Legislate a limited voice. 3. Legislate a broad reaching voice. 4. Constitutionally enshrine a limited voice. 5. Constitutionally enshrine a broad reaching voice. They opted for 5. Many yes supporters thought they should've opted...

Having a flick through the parliamentary submissions will give plenty of responses to this. How likely those dangers are to come to pass, and how you weigh them against your assessment of potential benefits is what we're all doing in deciding yes or no.

The report says the current scheme for closing the gap isn't being implemented effectively. That does not necessarily mean that 1 The scheme is inappropriate or insufficient (it may be implementation that's at fault) Or 2 That a constitutional "Voice" will improve anything or be without its...

You prefer your immigrants at the bottom of the ocean? Callous.

Do they dispute the facts I just listed which prove indisputably that indigenous people are being heard and represented?

Let's be clear. This is gotcha journalism from someone who spent longer preparing for the interview than his interviewee. Ley wasn't prepared but let me list some experts who have raised significant concerns about the constitutional elements including the meaning of "Executive government" or...

And what's the budgeted surplus for the years thereafter? :think:

I'm aware of the legal conditions. Are the conditions for determining indigeneity consistently applied everywhere that they should be relevant?

The highlighted words imply indigenous people aren't already seen and heard. That is false. Misinformation. Indigenous people have one vote like everyone else. There are 11 indigenous federal MPs. (A huge over-representation in percentage terms). There are thousands of indigenous land...

The Albanese gov has committed in full to the Uluru Statement From the Heart. Voice, treaty, truth. We can say with near certainty if the Voice passes, treaty will be proposed shortly thereafter. (It could theoretically get proposed anyway even if Voice fails. My point here is just that if...

Yes. And from memory Frydenberg or Turnbull or someone floated it as a thought bubble about 5 or 6 years ago but it was short-lived.

What was Australia's economic growth and budget position for the duration of Howard's tenure? Much better than since I believe. Brought in GST. Banned guns as you said. Controlled borders- no chaos and deaths unlike Labor who came next. Stable government is a good in itself. Kept Bill...

There's plenty of misinformation coming from the Yes side. For example: "This is a modest proposal" "This has nothing to do with treaty" "Voting yes is about recognition" "It's time indigenous people were seen and heard" Those are some of the main lines being trotted out regularly.

What's valid is in the eyes of whoever's assessing. The Yes arguments are all about vibe and feeling. Unconvincing to those not as easily swayed by emotion. And the burden is on the Yes side to make the case for change. If I'm unconvinced, and think the alleged benefits won't exceed the...

Someone with 7 white great grandparents and 1 indigenous great grandparent and lives in Melbourne can identify how they like, but biologically (and probably culturally) they're white. More importantly they'd likely have more in common with other white urbanites rather than the disadvantaged...

What is an issue that "ONLY" affects females? While we're at it, what's an issue that only affects males?

And Liberal leadership recently misread their membership on trans issues, just like Greens leadership did.

Why I'm opposed to the constitutionally enshrined voice to parliament. 1. There aren't good reasons to vote yes. 2. There may be unintended consequences. 3. It's ethically questionable to give individuals privilege over others based on a group characteristic. 4. We don't know anything about...

It's time universities stopped catering to the fragility of the younger generation and backed their staff, and free speech. But I suspect many leaders at universities are ideologically compromised because they share (or are highly sympathetic towards) the ideology being pushed by trans...

I suggest you read about Holly Lawford-Smith and the "support" she's received from Melbourne Uni leadership. Read the comments from Melbourne Uni about Let Women Speak for example. And those students, where are they getting their ideas from? From the school classroom. Like the Safe Schools...

Own goal of epic proportions by The Greens. They did a report on alleged "transphobia". Most of the member submissions to their report think trans activists are bullies and views like "trans women aren't women" should be allowed to be discussed. The Greens refused to provide the report to...

Today's media reporting on Victoria's debt situation Still amazes me how badly they stuffed up Hotel Quarantine yet Andrews walked right through it. Every other minister and bureaucrat becomes a scapegoat but "I don't recall" Dan gets through. And here we are, 3 years later with the worst...

It's accurate to say Australia had tens of thousands less deaths from or with Covid than would've likely occured with an open borders, non-lockdown approach. We prevented tens of thousands of (mostly very old) people dying from one specific cause. We ensured the hospital systems weren't...

As I said earlier, I’m not arguing for or against lockdowns and Australia’s net zero strategy (which are two different but related things). My view during covid was, and my view remains, this is a very complex question and we’ll know more once further research is done on a whole range of topics...

I almost threw up my lunch.

Fair enough, I stand corrected, my understanding was they never closed schools. Of course one minor correction on one of my subsidiary question examples achieves precisely zero in terms of responding to the bigger issue here.

Sweden – 24,183 covid deaths, population 10.42mil Australia – 20,557 covid deaths, 25.69mil At Swedish rates Australia would’ve had 59,622 deaths, an additional 39,065 covid deaths. Infection numbers are of limited relevance because they aren’t calculated consistently across jurisdictions...

Yeah, bloody Australians! Unlike other countries where there weren't any protests. /sarcasm

Depends how you calculate it https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/sweden-covid-and-excess-deaths-a-look-at-the-data/ That calculates up to early 2023, Sweden's excess deaths lower than Finland's regardless of methodology they employ. With Norway, under one of their methodologies Norway's is...

Explain how I'm reading it wrong, or I'll report you for misinformation Chief!