The Voice to parliament




Saying Yes to a gentle request

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…


Yes signs defaced by No campaigners

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…



Civic duty to vote

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…


Why I’ll be voting No

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…


No need for constitutional change

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 nothing to be afraid of

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…





Why I will vote No

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…


Voice won’t ensure a fair go

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…


Push for a Voice is divisive

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…


An ill-informed argument

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…



Make your vote count

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…


Why I will vote Yes

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….