39
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

They won't hold a position in Parliament. That is not how this works at all.

[-] chug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I understand they won't hold a position within the upper or lower house but is it incorrect to say they won't hold a position in parliament?

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago

Yes, that is incorrect. The Voice would be an advisory committee that could make proactive and reactive recommendations to parliament and government. It would not be part of the parliament itself.

[-] chug@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No worries. Thanks for taking the time to explain. Definitely need to read more before the referendum.

[-] Kevster013@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, everyone needs to learn more. As this article showed, the trouble with referendums in Australia is that it is too easy for the No side to win just by sowing doubt amongst people who haven't educated themselves. So many people who want to vote No don't like the idea of change because they don't understand what it means.

[-] billytheid@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it is not correct. a position IN parliament is a very different thing; the voice is effectively a lobby group. The kind of thing BHP and Chanel 9 get without being a valuable part of Australia

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
39 points (100.0% liked)

Australia

3572 readers
49 users here now

A place to discuss Australia and important Australian issues.

Before you post:

If you're posting anything related to:

If you're posting Australian News (not opinion or discussion pieces) post it to Australian News

Rules

This community is run under the rules of aussie.zone. In addition to those rules:

Banner Photo

Congratulations to @Tau@aussie.zone who had the most upvoted submission to our banner photo competition

Recommended and Related Communities

Be sure to check out and subscribe to our related communities on aussie.zone:

Plus other communities for sport and major cities.

https://aussie.zone/communities

Moderation

Since Kbin doesn't show Lemmy Moderators, I'll list them here. Also note that Kbin does not distinguish moderator comments.

Additionally, we have our instance admins: @lodion@aussie.zone and @Nath@aussie.zone

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS