Category Archives: ‘Voice to Parliament’

Who is an Aborigine?

The single most important question about the Voice Features Australia Peter O’Brien Getty Images Peter O’Brien 27 May 2023 9:00 AM Writing recently in the Australian, Chris Kenny, notable for being the only genuine conservative voice in support of the Voice, notes, ‘A narrow victory would reveal a nation divided and ambivalent about how toContinue reading “Who is an Aborigine?”

The Voice and the law

Flat White John Andriano Getty Images John Andriano 23 May 2023 4:00 AM Many Australian legal groups such as the NSW Bar Association and possibly the Victorian Bar Association, as well as most state Law Societies, are endorsing the ‘Yes’ vote in the proposed referendum to introduce an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Others are choosingContinue reading “The Voice and the law”

There’s something off about the Voice

Flat White Alexander Voltz Getty Images Alexander Voltz 24 May 2023 5:00 AM Now, here’s a curious thing… In 1999, the republic referendum cost $66 million. In real terms today, that’s $133 million. Since 1999, Australia’s population has gone from approximately 18.8 million to 26.3 million, constituting about a 45 per cent increase. So, then, you mightContinue reading “There’s something off about the Voice”

UN indigenous movements take control of resources: Case study NZ

Date: May 22, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 7 Comments New Zealand Parliament subservient to the Māori Voice to Parliament. By TONY MOBILIFONITISTHE buzz-word and cause celebre among the leaders of New Zealand’s indigenous elite these days is “co-governance”, regardless of the reality that the NZ Maori have had special seats in Parliament for 150 years. AsContinue reading “UN indigenous movements take control of resources: Case study NZ”

We already have a Voice and it’s useless

Why nobody is talking about the long-established indigenous Voice to the ACT parliament Features Australia Joe Stella Getty Images Joe Stella 20 May 2023 9:00 AM Would you trust a car dealer who rebuffed your repeated requests for a test drive? Undecided voters pondering the upcoming Voice referendum might ask themselves a similar question. TheContinue reading “We already have a Voice and it’s useless”

Voice will allow legislation embodying United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples creating a black state within a state

Date: May 21, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 3 Comments Queensland and South Australia have already enacted treaty enabling legislation which will create unprecedented, monstrous, elitist, black bureaucracies funded from rent paid by white landowners across the nation. Football followers and players around Australia were horrified when the National Rugby League elitist board had two bob’s worthContinue reading “Voice will allow legislation embodying United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples creating a black state within a state”

So, Aborigines were not the first people in Australia. Someone is trying to sell us “porky pies’.

This post isn’t meant to upset anyone, but regarding “pre Cook” Australian history, this was massive news to me… There’s a reference in the “Atlas of Foreign Countries”, (written between 265 – 316 A.D.) where Chinese sea Captains describe the mysterious great south land (Australia) being inhabited by a race of one-metre-tall pygmies. In theContinue reading “So, Aborigines were not the first people in Australia. Someone is trying to sell us “porky pies’.”

Tweedledum Tweedledee politicians tarnish the nation

We have been betrayed Features Australia David Flint Getty Images David Flint 20 November 2021 9:00 AM Having the honour of addressing a citizenship ceremony a few years ago, I told the new citizens that the country whose citizenship they had just received was one of the world’s oldest continuing democracies. Given that we haveContinue reading “Tweedledum Tweedledee politicians tarnish the nation”

What I learnt from an Aboriginal Elder

Flat White Steven Tripp Getty Images Steven Tripp 13 December 2022 4:00 AM Recently, I sat down to interview an Aboriginal Elder from South Australia for the ExCandidates podcast, of which I am a host. Her name is Kerry White, a former nurse and diabetes educator from the Narungga people. The aim of the interviewContinue reading “What I learnt from an Aboriginal Elder”

This is the bombshell Albo tried to hide.

Ralli AussiePatriot   · But now it’s out and every Australian needs to hear it before voting on the divisive Voice. You know how the PM keeps saying the Voice is a “modest change” to the Constitution? Well, the real agenda behind his Voice referendum has finally been revealed. Secret government documents the National IndigenousContinue reading “This is the bombshell Albo tried to hide.”

Brown study

Neil Brown The Spectator Australia May 15, 2023 Whoever said that the Voice would usher in a new era of reconciliation, unity and love was either excessively optimistic or a complete fool. Everywhere I look, I see division and disunity and it is all generated by the Voice. Not only is it generated by theContinue reading “Brown study”

Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?’

Mathew Condon The Australian May 15, 2023 You come to the foot of Wollumbin-Mount Warning, the monolithic, totemic, almost mythic volcanic plug 12km southwest of Murwillumbah on the NSW far north coast, through ancient rainforest, across creek beds littered with car-sized boulders, and up, up towards the Wollumbin Summit Trailhead. Then, a kilometre out fromContinue reading “Who is Wollumbin Consultative Group?’”

The Voice

White Man’s Dreaming Keith Windschuttle Editor-in-chiefEditor, Quadrant Magazinekeithwindschuttle@quadrant.org.au If there’s any hint of unintended consequences — for example, an untidy debate about who exactly qualifies for the description “indigenous” — then the proposition [for constitutional recognition] will be defeated.                                                                                   — former Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, 2012 There was consternation in Tasmania last month when itsContinue reading “The Voice”

The Voice would rhyme

Flat White Andrew L. Urban Getty Images Andrew L. Urban 21 April 2023 5:00 AM There’s a pub somewhere in the Aussie outback which displays a worn and fraying sign: ‘Free beer tomorrow.’ The larrikin spirit lives on… But could it also be a warning to Australians that not all promises are kept, nor allContinue reading “The Voice would rhyme”

The terrifying future of the Voice found in its past

Flat White Matthew Stratton Getty Images Matthew Stratton 3 April 2023 7:00 AM In March 1982, the National Aboriginal Conference established under the Whitlam government put forward what can genuinely be described as the most radical proposal in Australian history. The proposed treaty between Aboriginal peoples and the Commonwealth (without referendum) sought to ‘return’ sovereigntyContinue reading “The terrifying future of the Voice found in its past”

Abbott (and the Voice) on trial

Flat White Matthew Stratton Getty Images Matthew Stratton 4 May 2023 5:00 AM If you had watched the final public hearing from the Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum, you would be forgiven for thinking Tony Abbott, one of only three dissenting witnesses to the referendum and its wording of the 65 witnessesContinue reading “Abbott (and the Voice) on trial”

Pauline Hanson: Senate kicks vital Voice issue down the road

Flat White Pauline Hanson Getty Images Pauline Hanson 11 May 2023 2:15 PM The vexing but vital issue of genuine Indigenous identity will fester during the Voice referendum period and for a long time after unless – and until – Parliament settles the question of what defines an Indigenous Australian. This week, a gutless SenateContinue reading “Pauline Hanson: Senate kicks vital Voice issue down the road”

The Yes Vote Argument Misses the Mark

Viewpoints Big crowds are seen outside South Australia’s parliament in Adelaide, Australia, on March 26, 2023. (AAP Image/Matt Turner) By James Allan, Gabriël Moens and Augusto Zimmermann May 9, 2023Updated: May 9, 2023 biggersmaller Print 0:006:35 Commentary On May 2, The Epoch Times published an opinion piece entitled “Yes Is for Bringing Australia Together and MovingContinue reading “The Yes Vote Argument Misses the Mark”

More than 130,000 Aussies have donated towards the NO campaign for Voice

Date: May 10, 2023Author: Editor, cairnsnews 3 Comments Here’s some great news, and I wanted you to be the first to hear it. Aboriginal businessman Nyunggai Warren Mundine has announced he is joining you and me on board ADVANCE’s FAIR AUSTRALIA ‘no’ campaign! Warren is already on the front lines fighting against the divisive Voice.Continue reading “More than 130,000 Aussies have donated towards the NO campaign for Voice”