9th October 2023
The Hawke Labor government established ATSIC in 1990 “so that aboriginals could be involved in the processes of government affecting their lives”. It failed and was abolished by John Howard with support from Labor in 2005.
Canberra also created other voices such as the National Aboriginal Consultative Committee and the National Indigenous Council. And Australia has eleven members of parliament claiming aboriginal heritage.
Australian governments spend over $30 billion on aboriginal matters including the bloated National Indigenous Australians Agency with 39 offices and 1200 employees.
We are now being asked to support yet another Aboriginal Voice.
And it will take another costly referendum to abolish it when it too fails.
Let us save all this expense and acrimony and Vote “No” to legalised racial
division.
Viv Forbes
Washpool Qld Australia 4306