9th October 2023

The Sad Story of Failed Voices

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.
(125 words)
Viv Forbes
Washpool  Qld  Australia 4306