The Failed Referendum

I was asked if I voted yes in the referendum yesterday and I answered, "I voted yes for continued equality and genuine democracy in Australia, but I had to do it by writing NO on the referendum ballot paper".
Thankfully, Australia did the same with a 60% NO result.

Some feel Australia's indigenous community has 'lost out' by this result, but I beg to differ.
Governments will now be motivated to review how the billions of dollars per year that is already being spent on indigenous affairs and why so little of it has improved the lives of those most marginalised, and then find better ways to address the disadvantages of indigenous people living in remote areas which have become increasingly exposed and highlighted this year - and that will surely help those citizens, not further disadvantage them.

To be fair, the only indigenous people suffering loss today are those elites who have lost the positions of power they were seeking by promoting the referendum and strongly supporting a successful outcome.
In the non-indigenous community, those suffering loss are the city elites, large corporations, national sporting codes and big business - those who have no appreciation of remote indigenous life or those looking to be 'on the right side of history' for social acumen applause and/or financial reward.

As I have written previously, the result yesterday has prevented us from becoming less democratic and from passing one more piece of ungodly legislation in the near future.

Blessings, Barry