The Voice to parliament

Your correspondent seems to think that the majority is always right (Good handling of referendum debate, CCN 412). May I remind him that this is not always the case? For…

There appears to be some dismay in the community that the Yes vote for the Voice was defeated. To those people may I point out the very things that, we…

When handing out Yes material at pre-poll I met a bright and cheerful No volunteer … not a neo-con, or Liberal, but a voter concerned about “division”. She told me…

Perhaps now that mining magnate billionaire, Clive Palmer, has pledged $2M to the No campaign, they’ll be able to afford their own coreflutes, rather than spray painting NO over VOTE…

Some, such as Natini Padmanabhan (CCN 408), argue that The Indigenous Voice to Parliament should not be based in the Constitution. But let’s consider what having that basis means in…

I was taken aback by Jeffrey Tildesley’s letter on having to vote (Why should we be forced to vote? CCN 408). Does he not realise that people have died in…

I am quite dismayed about the arguments put forward for both sides of the referendum campaign, full of misinformation on both sides. I am also dismayed that there is only…

I would like to clarify some of the arguments and assumptions made by David Casey (Forum CCN 407). Hundreds of years ago, British, Spanish, French and Portuguese empires explored the…

The Voice referendum does not pit indigenous against non indigenous; it is not about retribution. Cook was issued with the usual instructions by London to befriend the natives. Instead, for…

The Uluru Statement from the Heart reminds us that (the coming referendum) is not “Anthony Albanese’s referendum”, but an invitation from First Nations people to walk together towards a better…

It is absolutely irrelevant whether the Uluru Statement From the Heart is presented as a one-page abbreviation, or the multi-page full version. The only thing relevant is the intentions and…

Imagine you are suddenly and compulsorily required to agree to purchase a house. You don’t know the price you will pay, you don’t know what the house looks like, how…

Anne Brent is entitled to her view (CCN 405). But there are several points that indicate she is somewhat naive about the Voice and its intentions. Let’s start with the…

I am really disappointed about the spate of letters you publish pushing the Yes campaign. The number of times I see or hear the 65,000 years argument and we owe…

I am responding to the letter by Linda Telisman (CCN 404). Her argument against a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum is ill informed and nasty. As Australia’s former Chief…

Agree or disagree with the Voice, it is a real stretch for Linda Telisman (CCN404) to state that the reason the No Pamphlet is filled with negativity is because “everything”…

What a wonderful letter from Linda Telisman (CCN 404), written without malice and bias but (giving) all of the facts on the upcoming referendum. Over the years there have been…

Fifty-six years ago, in the 1967 referendum, original inhabitants of this land, who had been here for 60,000 years or more, were formally acknowledged as part of our nation’s population….