{"id":4984,"date":"2023-03-21T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T18:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4984"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:40","slug":"prime-minister-prepares-party-room-for-ballot-referendum-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/asia\/asia-pacific\/australian-news\/prime-minister-prepares-party-room-for-ballot-referendum-challenge\/2023\/03\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister prepares party room for ballot referendum challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA (Brussels Independent with AAP) By Dr. Majid Khan -Anthony<\/span> Albanese<\/span> urges<\/span> party<\/span> members<\/span> to<\/span> minimize<\/span> panic<\/span> campaign<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> referendum<\/span> to<\/span> bring<\/span> Indigenous<\/span> voices<\/span> to<\/span> parliament.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> prime<\/span> minister<\/span> used<\/span> history<\/span> lessons<\/span> to<\/span> explain<\/span> his<\/span> argument<\/span> and<\/span> warned<\/span> the<\/span> party<\/span> hall<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> challenges<\/span> ahead.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Albanese<\/span> said<\/span> no<\/span> successful<\/span> referendum<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> 50<\/span> years<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> only<\/span> 20<\/span> percent<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> workers’<\/span> referendums<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> held.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>He<\/span> also<\/span> said<\/span> historically<\/span> no<\/span> referendum<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> successful<\/span> without<\/span> bipartisan<\/span> support.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> government<\/span> is<\/span> seeking<\/span> legislation<\/span> to<\/span> establish<\/span> rules<\/span> for<\/span> distributing<\/span> referendum<\/span> information<\/span> and<\/span> political<\/span> contributions.<\/span> A<\/span> law<\/span> outlining<\/span> the<\/span> referendum<\/span> process<\/span> is<\/span> being<\/span> considered<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Senate,<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> ruling<\/span> coalition,<\/span> the<\/span> Greens<\/span> and<\/span> independents<\/span> calling<\/span> for<\/span> changes<\/span> to<\/span> protect<\/span> against<\/span> foreign<\/span> interference<\/span> and<\/span> make<\/span> the<\/span> vote<\/span> fairer.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Senator<\/span> Jackie<\/span> Lambie<\/span> spoke<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> referendum<\/span> bill<\/span> and<\/span> said<\/span> practical<\/span> action<\/span> is<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> Indigenous<\/span> communities.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> minister<\/span> is<\/span> saying<\/span> that<\/span> one<\/span> vote<\/span> will<\/span> solve<\/span> these<\/span> problems,”<\/span> she<\/span> told<\/span> parliament<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“That’s<\/span> fine,<\/span> but<\/span> today<\/span> we<\/span> need<\/span> a<\/span> solution.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>During<\/span> a<\/span> session<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Coalition<\/span> Hall,<\/span> lawmakers<\/span> and<\/span> senators<\/span> expressed<\/span> concern<\/span> that<\/span> if<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> negotiated<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Greens<\/span> on<\/span> how<\/span> to<\/span> pass<\/span> the<\/span> machine<\/span> bill,<\/span> they<\/span> would<\/span> not<\/span> get<\/span> the<\/span> results<\/span> they<\/span> wanted.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Opposition<\/span> leader<\/span> Peter<\/span> Dutton<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> party<\/span> hall<\/span> that<\/span> negotiations<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> needed<\/span> to<\/span> maximize<\/span> the<\/span> chances<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> fair<\/span> election<\/span> campaign.<\/span> If<\/span> the<\/span> coalition<\/span> does<\/span> not<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> law,<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> will<\/span> need<\/span> the<\/span> Greens<\/span> and<\/span> two<\/span> other<\/span> votes<\/span> to<\/span> pass<\/span> it.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Greens<\/span> want<\/span> changes<\/span> to<\/span> increase<\/span> voter<\/span> registration<\/span> and<\/span> make<\/span> campaign<\/span> donations<\/span> more<\/span> transparent.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Another<\/span> amendment<\/span> proposed<\/span> lifting<\/span> restrictions<\/span> that<\/span> prevented<\/span> prisoners<\/span> from<\/span> voting.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Green<\/span> Party<\/span> senator<\/span> Larissa<\/span> Waters<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> had<\/span> an<\/span> opportunity<\/span> to<\/span> remedy<\/span> decades<\/span> of<\/span> voter<\/span> disenfranchisement,<\/span> especially<\/span> in<\/span> indigenous<\/span> communities.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Voting<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> right,<\/span> not<\/span> a<\/span> privilege,”<\/span> she<\/span> said.<\/span> \u201cRestricting<\/span> the<\/span> rights<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> held<\/span> in<\/span> prison<\/span> disproportionately<\/span> affects<\/span> marginalized<\/span> communities,<\/span> including<\/span> indigenous<\/span> peoples<\/span> who<\/span> are<\/span> over-incarcerated<\/span> and<\/span> underrepresented<\/span> on<\/span> electoral<\/span> rolls.\u201d<\/span>
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\n<\/span>His<\/span> second<\/span> bill<\/span> outlining<\/span> the<\/span> proposed<\/span> constitutional<\/span> amendments<\/span> is<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> introduced<\/span> to<\/span> parliament<\/span> as<\/span> early<\/span> as<\/span> next<\/span> week.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA (Brussels Independent with AAP) By Dr. Majid Khan -Anthony Albanese urges party members to minimize panic campaign ahead of referendum to bring Indigenous voices to parliament. The prime minister used history lessons to explain his argument and warned the party hall of the challenges ahead. Albanese said no successful referendum had been held in […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1566,280,2425],"tags":[2315,2316,2317,2318,2319,2320,2321,2322,2323,2122,2324,2309,2325,2310,2326,2311,2327,2312,2328,2313,2329,2314,2330],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/65860068-dc52-4947-945c-718d0b111167.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4987,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions\/4987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}