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Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

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[-] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah as someone outside Australia I've been surprised at how biased and simplified the reporting has been. A complex constitutional issue is being painted as a simple "good people, bad people".

When I read about the changes myself (after having to go hunting for some actual detail - the reporting is pretty poor on this) it honestly seems more like virtue signalling rather than useful or meaningful reform.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Its the eternal false dichotomy of "one side of a dispute must be the good guys, meaning the other side are therefore the bad guys."

[-] Kushia@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Last time I looked at the count 40% of indigenous people voted against the voice, there's definitely no good/bad side in this regardless how some might choose to vilify others. We have compulsory voting as well.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone -2 points 1 year ago

How old are you?

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