More than a year after announcing the draft question, Anthony Albanese has called a date for the Voice to Parliament referendum later this year.
Browsing: Voice to Parliament
The Faculty of Medicine and Health is part of many other faculties and schools, such as Law and Chemistry, that have publicly come out in support for a Voice to Parliament, with more expected to follow over the coming weeks.
As individual faculties and schools affirm their support for the Voice, the University continues to avoid taking an institutional stance on the upcoming referendum.
In a statement today, Vice Chancellor Mark Scott expressed his personal support for the Voice while a statement from the University Senate fell short of expressing a position.
In line with the Americanisation of our political lobbying conventions, the positions peddled by “Fair Australia” and similar Advance-backed platforms have also undoubtedly stoked fear and hate, and re-normalised racist sentiments that have no place in Australia’s modern social and political landscape.
The Sydney-based queer activist collective has released a statement advocating for a “Sovereign No vote.”
There is little prospect that a “No” vote would provide an impetus for a move towards Treaty and Truth. Instead, it would deter any government from pursuing meaningful steps towards justice for First Nations communities.
As students, the Editors of Honi Soit support a “Yes” vote. However, we do not wish to reduce the scope of the Voice debate to simply a decision to vote “Yes” or “No”.