This week I received a letter from Peter, a hard-working veteran and community leader from Queensland.
He wrote to me about the Voice referendum. He nailed it.
I thought to myself: everyone needs to read this.
We need to hear the voices of Peter and other regular Aussies who aren’t bankrolled by Big Business, Big Tech, Big Sport and Big Government.
Please forward it to your friends and family.
I do not need to be welcomed to my country.
I have great-grand-uncles who fought in the First World War including Gallipoli and the Western Front in World War 2.
My father and his brother fought in New Guinea, my father-in-law fought in Singapore and became a Japanese prisoner of war.
My mother’s brother died in War War 2, they were all trying to save our country.
My brother, three brothers-in-law and myself have all served in our country’s defence force.
My nephew did two tours of Afghanistan and my son is in the army now.
I have uncles and cousins who have also served and or are still serving, everyone of us serving our – my – country.
I’ve done 40+ years of community service with local clubs, from coaching juniors and seniors to administration to regional and state level, all of it voluntary.
I’ve worked for 50 years, paying taxes to my country.
I do not need to be welcomed to my country every day on TV and radio, and at every sporting event, because it’s my country as well.
Hello – I was born here, my family has over 150+ years of history here.
I am not responsible for what happened 230+ years ago and I can do nothing about that, I cannot change history, no one can.
But I do want to live in a united country.
Indigenous people I have grown up with, I have served with, worked with, employed, coached, trained and played sport with, lived with, helped, drank, partied and cried with.
So Stop The Division, PLEASE.
Stop trying to divide us, if we are one then we are many, but divided we are nothing, divided we are gone.
Be united for our children and grandchildren so they have hope and a future, be united and we will be strong.
Are you? I am!!! AUSTRALIAN. Peter.
Regards
Andrew Hastie
https://www.andrewhastie.com.au/
No To The Voice
In five weeks, a referendum will be held to decide whether to alter our Constitution and create a permanent and divisive Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
This Voice proposal would be the biggest change to Australia’s Constitution—our nation’s rule-book—in history.
The High Court would determine the Voice’s powers, not the Parliament.
And it will be permanent—this means we’ll be stuck with any negative consequences.
When we need to unite the country, this would permanently divide us.
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