Australische indigene Führer fordern nach der Niederlage beim Referendum eine „Woche des Schweigens“.

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1. Well, at least it isn’t a day of global jihad.

2. >More than 60per cent of Australians voted “No” in the landmark referendum on Saturday, the first in almost a quarter of a century, that asked whether to alter the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people through the creation of an Indigenous advisory body, the “Voice to Parliament”.

   >The outcome is seen as a setback for reconciliation efforts with the country’s Indigenous community, and also for Australia’s image in the world regarding how it treats First Nations people.

   >Unlike other nations with similar histories like Canada and New Zealand, Australia has not yet formally recognised or reached a treaty with its First Peoples.

   >Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people make up 3.8per cent of the 26 million population and have inhabited Australia for about 60,000 years but are not mentioned in the constitution and by most socio-economic measures are the most disadvantaged people in the country.

   >One of the biggest reasons for the referendum loss, however, was the lack of bipartisan support, with leaders of the major conservative parties campaigning for a “No” vote.
   No referendum has passed in Australia without bipartisan backing.

3. Australia is a country with deeply entrenched racism, this result is not surprising

4. They are welcome to do so and we invited the politicians and media to join them.

5. I wonder what percentage of Indigenous people voted yes.

6. The world is tired of this nonsense.

7. No didgeridoo for a whole week? Lame.

8. Australia, the Alabama of the South Hemisphere.

9. It’s only been a generation or two since Australia stopped actively fighting a non existent Yellow Peril and allowed significant numbers of non white immigrants.
   Nothing will change until the old guard boomers and much of their children’s generation are gone.

10. Lets make it a year of silence…

11. “How do we sleep when our beds are burnin?”

12. Probably straight back onto the goon

13. They already have a voice in parliament through [11 elected representatives](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/your-questions-on-notice/questions/how-many-aboriginal-or-torres-straits-islander-mps-or-senators-are-there-and-what-are-their-names) in federal office who have more political power than the proposed advisory council would have had (zero since they only advise and have no veto). Plus all indigenous citizens can already have an impact on policy through voting in elections and lobbying the government directly.

14. If the the vote had been for recognition in the constitution it would have won easily.
    The Voice was the weak spot and the supporting campaign failed to sell it beyond ‘it’s good trust us’.