{"id":5373,"date":"2023-03-31T17:20:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2023-03-31T17:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T17:20:49","slug":"who-is-leading-the-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/politics\/who-is-leading-the-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign-in-australia\/2023\/03\/31\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is leading the “Voice to Parliament No” campaign in Australia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA( AAP and ABC News) By Dr. Majid Khan-In Australia with<\/span> the<\/span> referendum<\/span> just<\/span> months<\/span> away,<\/span> both<\/span> campaigns<\/span> for<\/span> indigenous<\/span> votes<\/span> in<\/span> parliament<\/span> are<\/span> in<\/span> full<\/span> swing.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Both<\/span> yes<\/span> and<\/span> no<\/span> campaigns<\/span> are<\/span> set,<\/span> but<\/span> they<\/span> pursue<\/span> very<\/span> different<\/span> strategies<\/span> towards<\/span> the<\/span> referendum.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Yes<\/span> Campaign<\/span> launched<\/span> in<\/span> Adelaide<\/span> last<\/span> month,<\/span> bringing<\/span> together<\/span> a<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> groups<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> Aboriginal<\/span> umbrella<\/span> of<\/span> Australia<\/span> to<\/span> seek<\/span> constitutional<\/span> recognition<\/span> of<\/span> Aboriginal<\/span> peoples.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> No<\/span> Campaign<\/span> is<\/span> being<\/span> run<\/span> by<\/span> several<\/span> groups<\/span> with<\/span> differing<\/span> views<\/span> on<\/span> why<\/span> they<\/span> oppose<\/span> Indigenous<\/span> voices<\/span> in<\/span> Congress,<\/span> but<\/span> none<\/span> have<\/span> yet<\/span> been<\/span> formally<\/span> launched.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Each<\/span> group<\/span> has<\/span> something<\/span> in<\/span> common<\/span> with<\/span> their<\/span> campaigns,<\/span> with<\/span> specific<\/span> differences<\/span> as<\/span> to<\/span> why<\/span> they<\/span> don’t<\/span> want<\/span> the<\/span> voices<\/span> of<\/span> Aboriginal<\/span> and<\/span> Torres<\/span> Strait<\/span> Islander<\/span> peoples<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Constitution.<\/span> Who<\/span> are<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> important<\/span> no-groups?<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> main<\/span> players<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> formal<\/span> campaign<\/span> are<\/span> Recognize<\/span> a<\/span> Better<\/span> Way<\/span> and<\/span> Fair<\/span> Australia,<\/span> but<\/span> there<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> a<\/span> section<\/span> of<\/span> communities<\/span> running<\/span> the<\/span> campaign<\/span> from<\/span> a<\/span> ‘progressive<\/span> no’<\/span> perspective.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Recognize<\/span> a<\/span> Better<\/span> Way<\/span> is<\/span> led<\/span> by<\/span> former<\/span> politician<\/span> and<\/span> consultant<\/span> Warren<\/span> Mundine.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>According<\/span> to<\/span> Recognize’s<\/span> opinion,<\/span> Recognize<\/span> opposes<\/span> the<\/span> Voice<\/span> because<\/span> it<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> establish<\/span> it<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> Act<\/span> of<\/span> Parliament,<\/span> not<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Constitution.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> policy<\/span> paper<\/span> also<\/span> states<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> supports<\/span> constitutional<\/span> recognition<\/span> of<\/span> Aboriginal<\/span> Australians,<\/span> but<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> form<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> preamble<\/span> rather<\/span> than<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> chapter<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Constitution.<\/span> The<\/span> first<\/span> official<\/span> event<\/span> of<\/span> “Recognize<\/span> a<\/span> Better<\/span> Way”<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> Tamworth<\/span> on<\/span> Friday,<\/span> featuring<\/span> One<\/span> Nation<\/span> Senator<\/span> Pauline<\/span> Hanson,<\/span> former<\/span> Nationals<\/span> leader<\/span> Barnaby<\/span> Joyce,<\/span> former<\/span> Labor<\/span> Secretary<\/span> Gary<\/span> Johns,<\/span> and<\/span> Broadcaster.<\/span> Alan<\/span> Jones<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> station<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> on<\/span> board.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Former<\/span> Deputy<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> and<\/span> Nationals<\/span> leader<\/span> John<\/span> Anderson<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> a<\/span> senior<\/span> member<\/span> of<\/span> this<\/span> group.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Another<\/span> high-profile<\/span> group<\/span> running<\/span> a<\/span> no<\/span> campaign<\/span> is<\/span> Fair<\/span> Australia,<\/span> a<\/span> subsidiary<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> conservative<\/span> political<\/span> lobby<\/span> group<\/span> Advance<\/span> Australia,<\/span> backed<\/span> by<\/span> Country<\/span> Liberal<\/span> Senators<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Northern<\/span> Territory<\/span> Jasintanampingzinpa<\/span> Price.<\/span> .<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Senator<\/span> Namping<\/span> Jinpa<\/span> Price<\/span> was<\/span> originally<\/span> a<\/span> member<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Recognition<\/span> Committee<\/span> but<\/span> left<\/span> the<\/span> group<\/span> to<\/span> work<\/span> for<\/span> Fair<\/span> Australia.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Fair<\/span> Australia<\/span> has<\/span> released<\/span> 10<\/span> reasons<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> Voice<\/span> proposal.<\/span> These<\/span> include<\/span> constitutional<\/span> changes,<\/span> linking<\/span> constitutional<\/span> recognition<\/span> to<\/span> advisory<\/span> bodies,<\/span> and<\/span> concerns<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> cost<\/span> of<\/span> referendums.<\/span> A<\/span> delegation<\/span> of<\/span> indigenous<\/span> peoples<\/span> from<\/span> across<\/span> the<\/span> country,<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> Senator<\/span> Nampingjinpa<\/span> Price,<\/span> visited<\/span> the<\/span> Houses<\/span> of<\/span> Parliament<\/span> in<\/span> Canberra<\/span> to<\/span> present<\/span> their<\/span> views<\/span> and<\/span> persuade<\/span> politicians<\/span> to<\/span> join<\/span> the<\/span> no-campaign.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Both<\/span> Recognize<\/span> a<\/span> Better<\/span> Way<\/span> and<\/span> Fair<\/span> Australia,<\/span> by<\/span> knowledgeable<\/span> fact-checkers,<\/span> creators<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Uluru<\/span> Declaration,<\/span> and<\/span> governments<\/span> vote<\/span> to<\/span> create<\/span> a<\/span> ‘shadow<\/span> government’<\/span> or<\/span> another<\/span> Indigenous<\/span> nation.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>How<\/span> about<\/span> “progressive<\/span> no”?<\/span>
\n<\/span>Another<\/span> position<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> no<\/span> side<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> campaign<\/span> is<\/span> called<\/span> “progressive<\/span> no”.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> term<\/span> coined<\/span> by<\/span> independent<\/span> Victorian<\/span> Senator<\/span> Lydia<\/span> Thorpe.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Senator<\/span> Thorpe<\/span> has<\/span> yet<\/span> to<\/span> finalize<\/span> her<\/span> position<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> referendum,<\/span> but<\/span> she<\/span> split<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Green<\/span> Party<\/span> and<\/span> now<\/span> represents<\/span> the<\/span> black<\/span> sovereignty<\/span> movement<\/span> in<\/span> Congress,<\/span> following<\/span> the<\/span> party’s<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> Voice’s<\/span> proposal.<\/span> I’m<\/span> here.<\/span> Progressive<\/span> no<\/span> proponents<\/span> have<\/span> not<\/span> held<\/span> formal<\/span> events,<\/span> but<\/span> activists<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> Michael<\/span> Mansell<\/span> and<\/span> Murrigel<\/span> Koe<\/span> have<\/span> well-documented<\/span> positions<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> voices,<\/span> as<\/span> well<\/span> as<\/span> Maori<\/span> in<\/span> New<\/span> Zealand.<\/span> has<\/span> sought<\/span> another<\/span> form<\/span> of<\/span> recognition,<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> seat<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Senate<\/span> reserved<\/span> for<\/span> Indigenous<\/span> members.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA( AAP and ABC News) By Dr. Majid Khan-In Australia with the referendum just months away, both campaigns for indigenous votes in parliament are in full swing. Both yes and no campaigns are set, but they pursue very different strategies towards the referendum. The Yes Campaign launched in Adelaide last month, bringing together a number […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,1566,2403],"tags":[3044,3045,3046,3047,1574,1604,1605,1620,2310,2523,2526,2528,2529,2530,2921],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/84f4b5d86114e0b9c56da3fa10df8895.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5375,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions\/5375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}