Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament?

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price speaks at, Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament? Full event video coming to our KZbin soon.
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[@Andrew-mv2qb]

I don’t feel guilty, merely annoyed at this emotional blackmail heaped upon me in an attempt to capture my empathy and use it against me to manipulate me into giving power to those who have gamed the current climate to bolster power over everything

[@Ainzleeriddell]

You do realise Jacinta heads the No campaign?

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

​@Ainzleeriddell hey mate are you slow or something?

[@EliasAnto]

@@AinzleeriddellI don’t think he was referring to Jacinta in his comment.

[@Will-nb8qk]

Vote No to continue government waste on Aboriginal affairs. Vote No but don’t go pointing the finger at aborigines for the waste on aboriginal affairs. Vote No to acknowledge that bureaucrats and politicians make the decisions on aboriginal funding.

[@jordanhanson316]

What power do they gain if parliament still has the end say? It’s just an advisory body

[@garyfrancis3305]

I don't feel guilty as I have done nothing wrong.

[@bigdadda3863]

Yeah but it’s help you to feel like Deep down you know it’s true the world is change and guess what you can’t do anything to change that you will have to face natures Oder hand of god weather you believe or not that’s the real guilt

[@garyfrancis3305]

@@bigdadda3863 did you suffer a stroke whilst typing this?

[@Hipporider]

​@@garyfrancis3305😂🇦🇺

[@anthonywillis7634]

The general population should never feel guilty but we must keep our governments accountable because they made the draconian decisions of the past. I like this comment: If we vote No then we are voting for politicians to continue to waste tax payer dollars. There should be no pointing of the finger at aborigines but finger pointing at the politicians and process you actually voted for.

[@anthonywillis7634]

@@TheWaynos73: Your comment is ridiculously ignorant and superficial in a sadly selfish way. You’re concerned about your little feelings 🤦 and these aborigines are concerned about the physical, spiritual and mental reality of generations of rejection, racism, denial, paternalism and overall disrespect. AND YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH YOUR FEELINGS????? What a damn joke 🤦

[@jayquanvo5134]

If an indigenous woman like Jacinta Price can rise through modern society and have such confidence, strength, passion, intelligence, clarity of thought and communicate with influence. I’m confident that the indigenous community will follow behind and bridge the gap. I feel that most Australians will be happy to help them along. I think the Indigenous don’t need a “Voice” as the referendum suggests, I believe both sides of govt - Liberal and Labor, have to have better “Ears” and just needs to Listen.

[@thechiefwildhorse4651]

Why aren't you deporting the Europeans? -COMANCHE NATION

[@HaythamTrueheartH]

I am Indigenous and 19 years old. Listening to Jacinta has helped me through life. It is a dream to meet her. And one day Dr Jordan Peterson. ❤

[@foedeer]

Vote no to save Australia

[@zariwali5262]

Vote yes , my friend

[@joanneruth1168]

You clearly don’t get it, very sad, voting ‘YES’ is the way forward. We have this opportunity to allow hard living situations to improve …… in time, if you vote no, nothing will improve, it will stay BAD!

[@nomusanzama]

Australia need no saving.This country have great leaders . A YES vote to listen to Indigenous Australians. It’s that easy.

[@rhodesboyson1700]

​@@anthonywillis7634in fact, peter Dutton was in favour of the voice and said liberals could vote as they wanted, until he saw an opportunity to ecore division and political Brownie points and to that end, the no campaign (which is inherently racist as it uses the same Aboriginal faces to attempt to convince white Australia that Aboriginals do not support the voice when they overwhelmingly do) Eo Ditton is essentially just a disruptor and that is costing hundreds of millions no doubt. This whole debacle has been a disgrace. The racism in Australia is disgusting.

[@anthonywillis7634]

@@rhodesboyson1700: On top of all this Australia technically and legally remains stolen until such time there is a Treaty.

[@DD-bx8rb]

Jacinta Price is a legend and she knows the Voice is BS. Besides the Voice, there the "truth telling" and "treaty" in the Uluru Statement? The Canberra Voice architect Tom Calma said, “Let’s get the referendum out of the way then focus on agreement making.” Tell us about the Uluru Dialogues which informed the Uluru Statement, which were recently obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) and how they mention “financial settlement such as seeking a percentage of GDP" and "truth commission, reparations, a settlement, the resolution of land, water and resources issues" and "Australia got a whole country for nothing, they haven’t even begun to pay for it”. Im voting NO

[@joanneruth1168]

I believe Jacinta Price has her own personal feelings & views which are affecting her slant & voice on this issue. She needs to access more wisdom & insight on the affects of her public comments. Perhaps she needs more personal healing before making public statements that are influencing people wrongly. I will be voting YES. This needs to be tried. In my opinion, constitutional recognition the conversations that need to happen to bring necessary long term changes (that will not occur in the short term) can be more ongoing than previously.

[@DD-bx8rb]

@@joanneruth1168 Thanks for the psycho-analysis. Jacinta Price simply knows the truth, like an army of other Aboriginal people. They know who is behind the Voice. One man who stood next to the PM when he announced the referendum wording is Mr Thomas Mayo who sits on the PM's Referendum Working Group which drafted the referendum question. Mayo published his book titled "The Voice to Parliament Handbook". His signature is on the Uluru Statement and he has spent 18 months travelling around Australia trying to talk Australians into changing the Constitution to include the Voice. He is a union official and self-described “militant” on record as saying the Voice will “punish politicians”, “abolish colonialist institutions” and “pay the rent, pay reparations and compensation”. Rather than the Voice being the “inspiring and unifying Australian moment” and "modest request" described by the PM, Mr Mayo told a Communist conference “there is nothing that we can do that is more powerful than building a first nations’ Voice, a black institution, a black political force to be reckoned with”. At a 2021 "Invasion Day" protest he described “the powers that be” as “murderers”, and said he was “sick of governments not listening to our voice” so planned “to use the rulebook of the nation to force them”. At Black Lives Matter protests and other addresses he reveals the Voice’s radical origins in the Search Foundation which describes itself as the “successor organisation of the Communist Party of Australia”.

[@anthonywillis7634]

Voting No is simply voting for politicians and bureaucrats to continue to waste tax payers dollars. If you Vote No then don’t dare continue to point finger at aborigines for this waste. It’s just inconceivable to Vote No on this issue.

[@georgiacompton7427]

thank you. i posted some quotes from this document, but omitted this one. it is the real truth telling! i found a few statements, such as you have posted, that were concerning.

[@rhodesboyson1700]

​@@georgiacompton7427😂😂 truth: Aboriginals are overwhelmingly in favour of the voice. So, wjy keep showing jacinta saying no? Tick tick tick...did you woek it out? Its to appeal to racist Australia :) its that simple. Jacinta is actually just as stupid as thorpe, they eo not represent Aboriginals and the fact that white people think they do just proves how racist the no campaign time wasters are 😂

[@nickw4999]

It’s important to remember that this has been developed by Indigenous people over the last decade. It’s not a white idea.

[@georgedaviotis3016]

Prove it. We are told that is was, though was it? If that is was the case and there is nothing to hide why are they concealing the Uluru Statement?

[@wazzlopiok240]

That’s what’s stopped me from being a hard no. A lot of the problems within the indigenous communities need to be resolved by indigenous leaders, not white ideas. You have to wade through a lot of bs virtue signalling from white left wing ‘activists’ to find meaningful answers but I do believe good answers are out there. @nickw4999 what are some examples of decisions in the past (recent history) that have been made, where an indigenous voice intervention would’ve been able to benefit vulnerable or downtrodden First Nations people?

[@prophetanarchy2355]

It makes me proud that young Aboriginal Aussies are being freely elected into our government, regardless of their ideology. Vote No.

[@prophetanarchy2355]

@@LisaC_andsuchso how much money did the government and corporations spend on telling people to vote yes. Well! I did it for free.

[@Myaccisbanned]

Being Aboriginal shouldn't have any effect on how Australia is run, they're a group that don't contribute anything anyway so it's bizarre how the government puts them on a pedestal.

[@prophetanarchy2355]

@@Myaccisbannedthat’s funny I know of a lot of Aboriginals that contribute. They work hard and what they have is due to their hard work.

[@Myaccisbanned]

@@prophetanarchy2355 A few aboriginals are not the group, go into aboriginals communities and see how problematic the majority of them are

[@prophetanarchy2355]

@@Myaccisbanned why would you assume I haven’t been into Communities. You ever seen a dead dog decomposing on the kitchen floor.

[@Aussiechaldean2950]

First Nation people should invest in creating new party to rule because this lady is smart and fit to be a leader instead of the clowns we have right now in parliament .. 👍👍

[@sharikasha1258]

People who lived in countries like Fiji will understand best what consequences the YES vote will be. This Yes vote is not about being nice to natives. The natives are already looked after in Australia with same rights to vote, added benefits in centrelink etc. This vote YES is only promoting discrimination to all tax payers. In Fiji with the native voice, all tax payers become slaves of natives. Natives demand money called lease to use any resources let it be land for farming, industrial building anything they claim belongs to them so we all Australians will be become Tenants of the Aboriginals going forward. Don't believe, find out what is happening in Western Australia and NZ and Fiji

[@T-swizzle488]

The voice is an advisory body, no tax payer money will be going to them. As for the constitution we are just trying to right all our wrongs from the past.

[@wilt1435]

@@T-swizzle488 mate you think they dont have salaries and overhead and advertisement budgets? you're delusional

[@Will-nb8qk]

It’s an advisory body for goodness sake. 🤦 People who make statements without comprehension and also fail to ask questions are simply intellectually deficient.

[@Will-nb8qk]

@@wilt1435 Do you have comprehension issues as well? Did you read the OP before responding to the post? I think there should be restrictions on who can vote like an IQ requirement of 40 and above. Sorry buddy, I think you miss out 😜

[@rhodesboyson1700]

​@@Will-nb8qkthats most of white Australia, honestly im sick of working with people who say things like 'the government is about to be arrested, putin is a good leader 😂 sick of it, ill be honest, Australia is a racist country to its core and full of arrogant white guys who think they know it all. Racism and sexism is the daily diet in Australia.

[@jaymason5546]

I’m not liable for the events of 200 years ago, and talking about “taking advantage” what about all the handouts aboriginals have received over the last 50+ years. They should be the most prosperous and productive people within this country!!!!

[@anthonywillis7634]

No one says you are ya nincompoop. Governments made these decisions oblivious to us. Voting No is just voting for politicians and bureaucrats to continue to waste money on the commodity of aboriginal misery.

[@Bandito071]

Damn right !

[@anthonywillis7634]

What a dumb statement 🤦

[@DD-bx8rb]

I'll be voting NO and here's a big reasson why. One man who stood next to the PM when he announced the referendum wording is Mr Thomas Mayo who sits on the PM's Referendum Working Group which drafted the referendum question. Mayo published his book titled "The Voice to Parliament Handbook". His signature is on the Uluru Statement and he has spent 18 months travelling around Australia trying to talk Australians into changing the Constitution to include the Voice. He is a union official and self-described “militant” on record as saying the Voice will “punish politicians”, “abolish colonialist institutions” and “pay the rent, pay reparations and compensation”. Rather than the Voice being the “inspiring and unifying Australian moment” and "modest request" described by the PM, Mr Mayo told a Communist conference “there is nothing that we can do that is more powerful than building a first nations’ Voice, a black institution, a black political force to be reckoned with”. At a 2021 "Invasion Day" protest he described “the powers that be” as “murderers”, and said he was “sick of governments not listening to our voice” so planned “to use the rulebook of the nation to force them”. At Black Lives Matter protests and other addresses he reveals the Voice’s radical origins in the Search Foundation which describes itself as the “successor organisation of the Communist Party of Australia”.

[@nomusanzama]

Your point is valid and makes sense. Just imagine if you can look beyond your current reasoning and think about the entire indigenous Australians who just want to be heard. A YES vote will make that happen . Whatever you choose from now. Just know your comment is acknowledged with respect .

[@georgiacompton7427]

enlightening and truth telling we all need to hear and vote no. in the makarrata there is preference for what is referred to as the Indigenous Constitution. the current leadership has an agenda, you shared with us, expressed by Mr Thomas Mayo: one that intends destroying Australia, rather 'closing the gap'.

[@JerryFreeman265]

I wonder how much money has passed through the activists hands. Senator Price is an example of someone who has wonderful parents. Bess and husband deservedly as proud as. Read Dr Sowell on the statistics of relationship between good citizens and good parents.

[@Bandito071]

A hard NO vote from me.

[@brendonmcmahon3294]

Nah no vote thanks no mr anthony mundine a first citizen of that nation says no then no it is logic over greed no no no no no ❤😂

[@kikiqld1547]

Im sorry but if you pick a certain group of people over the others, thats divisive and unfair to say the least. Dont we all have equal rights?

[@thatYTguy813]

people who are voting yes❤️💛🖤 👇

[@Myaccisbanned]

All hearts are red, your racist yes vote is dead and buried

[@lindalee-brown5539]

I’m really impressed by Jacinta. She is eloquent,calm, explains things well and doesn’t attack, bully or insult people who don’t agree with.

[@amybannister4021]

She is amazing and a fine example to how to conduct one's self ❤

[@yyytttwww]

This very proposal is an insult to Australia, and is utterly undemocratic and unAustralian!

[@anthonywillis7634]

how? Please explain!

[@rhodesboyson1700]

​@@anthonywillis7634Australia is the source of apartheid, to go against racist ideology would be 'unaustralian'

[@TheWaynos73]

Well said. Jacinta needs to be indigenous affairs minister unlike Burney who can’t string an original thought together.

[@rhodesboyson1700]

Jacinta is literally stupid 😂😂😂 burnie is literally an academic 😂😂

[@arfiaprilyan1237]

She is half white 😅

[@Tyt55]

"if not now, when?" Albo asked, I can answer this, NEVER! What happened all men and women are EQUAL?

[@rhodesboyson1700]

Australia happened. Apartheid syarted in Australia. Its a deeply racist and sexist country. Never seen people give themselves a pat on the back like white Aussies 😂 half of them believe that gays cause bushfires 😂

[@shannonjaensch3705]

The LEGAL system changed the word PERSON to mean "A business/corporation/entity. LEGAL system and LAW system are not the same system. To the ordinary masses, a "PERSON" includes/means men/women/children but to the LEGAL system/LEGAL dictionaries, a person does not include said Living people of man/woman/child. Once the LEGAL/COMMERCE system that runs this false reality of a world gets the Living under their duristiction/rules....It is never a good thing. And once they change the true Sovereign inhabitants of a country under there jurisdiction......Even worse for all.

[@rhodesboyson1700]

@@shannonjaensch3705 no, that's incorrect. A business is not a person. The word person was not changed. This is why people end up believing a load of rubbish.

[@shannonjaensch3705]

@@rhodesboyson1700 Get a BLACKS LAW legal dictionary or at the very least Google the BLACKS Law dictionary definition of a "person" and stop wasting both are times said nonsense.

[@grassfireu]

People who view our world through a lens of yesteryear make me sick. Talk about a lazy way to try to get ahead. I have never been a "racist," but I sure as hell have become a raving culturalist.

[@Meng_37892]

Vote No!

[@howtorad2463]

Voting Yes does not need to induce guilt...

[@ShanefromSydneyAustralia]

Jacinta love ya sister but you & no one else has ever exlained how voting YES will benefit !!

[@KingComputerSydney]

I treat with equity and have unity with other indigenous Australians without a constitutional voice. It is not needed for us to assist the disadvantaged no matter their race with compassion.

[@ZacyzN60]

Vote no💯💯💯💯

[@sarahhumphreys3980]

I'll be voting no . ❤

[@anthonywillis7634]

I’ll be voting Yes 🙌

[@nomusanzama]

It’s a YES vote for voice of indigenous Australians 🙏

[@rhodesboyson1700]

So why put a heart in your comment? 😂😂😂 Youre a hater and a racist 😂

[@thechiefwildhorse4651]

You shouldn't have a vote. You're European -COMANCHE NATION

[@shewolf8771]

We do have indigenous representation and we respect that.

[@jonathonward5699]

Why do people or companies posting the crap never link to the original source

[@user-fs5gk8in9z]

This woman doesn't speak for me.yes.

[@anthonywillis7634]

Me either ✊

[@oftin_wong]

You have no idea what you are voting for ultimately

[@anthonywillis7634]

@@oftin_wong : Voting to ensure politicians and bureaucrats stop wasting tax payer dollars on their paternalistic ideas. It hasn’t worked because they’re feathering the nest of those who make a motsa on the commodity of aboriginal misery.

[@-A-L-O-S-A-N-T-O-S]

If both sides want to get along then both sides, need to stop complaining to each other The whites need to stop complaining about aboriginals getting benefits because we all know that’s not true. This whole topic of indigenous people getting paid by Centrelink, that’s not right , and it’s not just black people that are on Centrelink white people to are on Centrelink. White people have jobs, black people have job’s we all got job’s. The only people who don’t are the ones who are on job seeker payment, disability, support pension age, care, pension, and family, care, care pension or whatever you want to call it. Same goes with aboriginals. We can’t be complaining about everything like the Australia day. For example if you don’t want to celebrate it then don’t complain about it just go to work or do you own thing seriously Australians we are the biggest complainers ever

[@Joggly420]

I miss your voice , please keep pushing for the top job Jacinta X

[@marylowrey8911]

Very impressive woman, I’ve caught a number of her “ shorts” since the referendum result came through, surely an Australian leader for the future. She could show Prince Charles a clean pair of heels, let alone Albenese!

[@youbigtubership]

Does your family have permanent taxpayer funding to daily argue at the highest levels of government for the improvement of your lot in life? Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's truth-telling is like a draught of pure water in the desert.

[@youbigtubership]

@@SabbottCook Lead yourself. She's not my leader either, but on this issue she's been good.

[@rajmather2350]

Good on you Jacinta for standing up against this racist & divisive voice--- a Trojan horse. Most Australians hope for a good outcome tonight.

[@user-fi1hl1ul1y]

No white guilt here. Most of us don’t feel guilty unless we as an individual have done something wrong. Grow up.

[@dc_fuzz]

What is the United Nations involvement in the Voice..? What onerous laws will be made to strip white Australia of their rights of land ownership? How does the government plan to enforce these laws?

[@stony4646]

This seems to be the elephant in the room that no-one's addressing. I want the NO campaign to expose this agenda for the normies to wake TF up!

[@dc_fuzz]

@@stony4646 i just want TPTB to answer these questions.

[@danielg2946]

Racism? Every town, yes EVERY TOWN in Australia you will find the Koori community living on the wrong side of the railway tracks.... How can this be changed? I remember talking to a Koori guy and I said "yes but you guys live on the wrong side of the tracks in every town", he said "well people judge poor people", I said "but they don't have to be poor". I believe it's more than mere racism, it a generational conditioning that has allowed even the Koori people to accept poverty as a social normality.

[@soulshoe]

😮Wait a minute….isn’t this the woman that compared America civil rights to the Voice issue in another presentation she had!!!!?

[@rosshilton]

This is what we should have been voting on: The voice shall be an assembly of: 10 persons 100 persons 1000 persons 10,000 persons Selected by: Direct election from all Australians Direct election from Aboriginal members of Australia Appointment by the existing government Selected by the Land Councils Selected by the states Who will be: Aboriginal by DNA Aboriginal by more than 50% DNA Aboriginal by less than 50% DNA Australians who identify as Aboriginal Experts who are Australian Any Australian To provide: Recommendations only Guidance and Answers Only Suggested legislation and proposals On: Aboriginal land council matters Aboriginal Health issues Australian land use issues Australian environment issues Australian legal issues Australian external relations issues To include: Refugee issues Environment issues Legal issues Civil rights issues Constitution issues Heath issues All issues For a period of: 4 years 2 years Until death

[@PocahontasInvestmentProperty]

Sold out 😂

[@stevebowman421]

I don't have anything to feel guilty about, but I am getting thoroughly pissed off with the constant attempts to make me. Voted NO now we need an independent audit of where all the money goes, pretty sure plenty if it would be attached to the sticky fingers of yes campaigners.

[@thepretenda]

Daily reminder to VOTE NO

[@Tommy-yo3dh]

I would feel guilty if I was Aboriginal. Guilty for being so hopeless. Get off your asses and do something other than sniffing petrol and maybe you would actually get somewhere.

[@user-hb2dv4ve6q]

😂😂😂 true this. Spend all their benefits on ice and moonshine. Darwin is a failed city.

[@user-ch4fx6rj6l]

Zero guilt

[@shanecoble1325]

No group in modern Australia is disadvantaged as a whole. The First Immigrants shouldn't be given special privilege and the nation shouldn't be divided by race.

[@anthonywillis7634]

“Shouldn’t be divided by race” unfortunately has been since settlement and to this day. Don’t play dumb.

[@Will-nb8qk]

@@anthonywillis7634lol😂That is how some people roll. lol

[@rhodesboyson1700]

😂😂😂 spoken like a privileged pale stale male 😂

[@ever7672]

Ok we better go ask the Mongolians for their sorry for what they did to Europeans and the slaughter they left

[@pwnership3292]

If theres one thing i wanna vote yes on its a emotionally-based, guilt-tripping and ill-defined change at the highest level of decision making in the country.

[@aussierob3860]

I have no guilt for something that I did not do. If you live in the past, you have no future. Every aborigine has the same if not more opportunities available to them, the same as every other Aussie. If they choose to not take that opportunity then they cannot be forced to. $40 billion is thrown at them every year and yet there is nothing to show for it. Enough is enough.

[@sigmamale6128]

Going to vote no

[@rob6543]

I’m not mrs price as my family came there in chains

[@vk88864]

Yes and then they put my family in chains.

[@eromnaliuqyaj6288]

This woman deserves to be the next PM.

[@rhodesboyson1700]

Shes one of the stupidest politicians and thats saying something 😂

[@putnamehereholdmadoodle]

What guilt?

[@nickw4999]

As a white Australian I have nothing to be guilty about. What I can however do is recognise that Indigenous Australians are incredibly disadvantaged and if we can make changes to help change that then we should. What we have been doing for the last 250 years hasn’t worked, so let’s do something different.

[@georgedaviotis3016]

How are they disadvantaged? Post 1920 Indigenous Australians are beneficiaries of colonialism.😊

[@kkirbyyx7902]

​@@georgedaviotis3016no one wins but the government. everyone that aint in the government all on an equal level unless socially aware and well known. indigenous Australians, Aboriginies and Torres Strait Islanders were all stripped of the truth and forved to work for the white man. we are currently experiencing this. not a choice nowadays. so my say is, everyone a victim unless u got life figured out, which isnt very common nowadays.

[@karlahinton1076]

You think providing unequal rights is the answer?

[@bobbiemiles-foremaniii8747]

"let's abandon equality and liberalism" is what you really mean. And thats what the left is doing all over the western world A yes vote is a vote against all Australians being equal among each other

[@lucylovic]

They were living in humpies and wearing grass skirts when we Europeans found them. . The boys were horrifically scarred in ceremonies at puberty. Women were property of the elders and were just there for sexual pleasure. Women are still burnt as witches in Papua new 🇵🇬 Guinea and Africans still believe in curses.

[@danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe8307]

They are forgetting the voice to the public service! The right to be heard on every little thing the public service does before it can do it! And the right to take legal to get it and to take legal action if they dont get their way!

[@karengayehammat4199]

There is nothing amusing about intergenerational trauma or the denial of the facts

[@Ben-jq5oo]

I agree absolutely, however I don’t accept this as justification for lack of parenting ability. Why are parents not aware of their kids whereabouts at 5am, when car theft and house burglary are most prevalent? My partner works with Aboriginal boys at school, many of whom know there won’t be a fresh meal waiting for them when they get home. Why? This failure to parent functionally does the ultimate disservice to the future generation of young men, and women, and I reject this constant reference to intergenerational trauma as justification.

[@joanneruth1168]

Surely many Australians CARE about the difficulties Aboriginal people face & understand they need to improve. Guilt aside, for this issue is about how indigenous people’s lives are going, not about the ‘feelings’ of white people. This is where I am coming from just like many others, including our PM.

[@joanneruth1168]

@@gjf327 the generalisations you have made need to take into account the difficult situations many first nations people are living in, then we need to remember why. Listening to their voice is required which is why we need to vote ‘YES’.

[@joanneruth1168]

@@gjf327 i agree all those who need help should receive it, white homeless too, however we should not, not help anyone because others might also need help, that is ridiculous! If you are stuck here you need to research further. Open your eyes to the history & the current plight of our first nations people. When I was a young adult back in the 1970s bad things were still happening to these people which of course they are still dealing with the fall out from. Its not over yet, nor is it home & hosed by any stretch of the imagination. We all need to vote YES, its clear to see this, even those who are in need of help in different circumstances, they should see this too & i would add especially them & those who are concerned about them.

[@jussreel8655]

💯 to get votes & look good

[@Najima30]

Uncle Tomahawk.

[@Smee86]

🫶🏼

[@DannySmith-mu3pt]

Let's all just be one

[@oftin_wong]

Highly unlikely ..humans are inherently tribal

[@Ainzleeriddell]

Go Jacinta! ❤❤❤

[@Will-nb8qk]

Yeah get lost sharing your privileged attitude.

[@anthonywillis7634]

This girl has never found the plot let alone lost it. A childless woman would never understand the duties of a mother until they attain that experience. Price talks from an angle of privilege.

[@georgedaviotis3016]

“Jacinta Price has three sons from a first marriage. She experienced domestic violence in a later relationship, and is now married to Colin Lillie, a (relatively unknown) Scottish-Australian singer/songwriter.” How is this privilege? Also aren’t we all privileged to be in living in Australia? This is her point!

[@anthonywillis7634]

@@georgedaviotis3016 : You’ve obviously got no idea and you’ve just copied and pasted that from the net 🤦 Wealthy women from all over the world can and have suffered from domestic violence. Domestic violence isn’t a measure for disadvantage on its own 🤦Disadvantage is the community she thinks she represents but is rejected by. Warren Mundine is a CEO of a mining company and certainly does not want a voice to disrupt his dealings. Price says she is the voice of her community but they say “no she isn’t”. The woman is influenced and feels an obligation for her European Australian dad. Her dad may not deep down feel the same way as her.

[@Cewdipie]

@@anthonywillis7634 everyone living in a first world country is privileged get real with yourself

[@anthonywillis7634]

@@Cewdipie 🤣 Unable to retort such superficial one dimensionalism. The intellectual deficiency speaks for itself 😂 🤦

[@Bandito071]

What a stupid, uneducated comment. Do some research, its not difficult these days.

[@desireerice3699]

I VOTE YES. SHE ONLY SPEAKS FOR HERSELF

[@robmarshall956]

Obviously not.

[@Myaccisbanned]

WOMP WOMP YOU LOSE 😂😂😂😂

[@emanuelvella536]

It must be a trump election next year 😂

[@endlessnutz7247]

Victims , sad but .....

[@amybannister4021]

I feel for the way the Aboriginal people were treated and annoyed that the government tried to cover it up. Yes I feel bad and I'm not racist but I'm tired of being blamed for something I didn't do. Ifs said the Aboriginal people are hard done by yet, own houses and the latest model cars and can call hardship after just 3 payments and have them given to them, they get more benefits than a white person ie clothing allowances, payments for kids to attend schools etc. We are all the same with different diversities. I have many working class Aboriginal friends. I love them and their culture. I'm just tired of paying for something I didn't do tho I'm sorry as it should never of happened ❤

[@rhodesboyson1700]

How have you paid? 😂😂😂

[@amybannister4021]

@rhodesboyson1700 in many ways I will not mention here. My great grandfather fought in the WW2, not only my freedom but the freedom of all. We should all be equal, stop blaming each other and finding things to pick on. Fact is the truth is finally bring told. Many of our pioneers have been shamed and their monuments torn down and names of places bearing their nane changed. My Aboriginal friends and I agree it's time to move on and learn from the past and build our future, together. We can't move on bring stuck in the past. The government are the reason for this mess in the first place. Personally I find Aboriginal culture and society very interesting and omg do they make some great tucker!

[@amybannister4021]

As a side note. There are thousands of Aboriginal people with jobs who refuse the handouts the government push on them. Their kids go to university and have good jobs, pay taxes and they pay for it all with their own hard earned cash. Their children taught real equality. Great people ❤️

[@rhodesboyson1700]

@@amybannister4021 I hear you brother, but I'm afraid that you're unaware of the reality. I have many Aboriginal friends and they all want the voice to help bridge the gap. I am going to assume that you have very little experience of it, have you ever been to jail in Australia? Once you do, you will understand the inequality. Aboriginal men in jail for what white men would get suspended sentences for amongst other things, then you hear the stories of where they come from and you understand, these people were destined to be sent to jail from the minute they were born. Everyone's grandfather fought in WW2. Did you know that apartheid started in Australia? You clearly have good intentions so don't spoil that with ignorance. Vote yes, it is the only answer. I'd also make the point that anyone who tries to save the environment by disrupting oil and gas is now being handled by the counter terrorism squad and the organised crime squad, but here, Peter Dutton went from being pro voice to disrupting it for political gain at a cost of $400 million. So why isn't Peter Dutton jailed for disruption? What a spectacular waste of our money just for the sake of polarising a bunch of idiots. Jacinta price IS an idiot and she does not represent a single Aboriginal I know and I know many.

[@rhodesboyson1700]

@@amybannister4021 🤣😂🤣 I don't know any Aboriginal scholars. You are eating up propaganda. Jacinta price is a real deal idiot and so is Thorpe. As a side note, I know that you don't really have any Aboriginal friends, just acquaintances. Without knowing it (although I suspect that you do know it) you are a racist. Please explain why the no campaign keeps showing the same Aboriginals against the voice. The massive majority are pro voice so why keep showing the few nos as though they are the majority? Online logical explanation and that is that the no campaign is aimed at people like you. If you really want to critical and fair, listen to noongar fm. Do not eat the drivel you are being spoon fed. Price is out for her own ends. We don't want greedy gits in charge anymore, they ruined everything.

[@karengayehammat4199]

She should not deny the progress made by activists before her existence Does she have no recollections from history teachers

[@anthonywillis7634]

Her dad obviously provides her with all he knows lol

[@karengayehammat4199]

@@anthonywillis7634 I'm voting yes so the no's can have their say

[@nomusanzama]

No-one is feeling guilty . That’s not what the voice is about. A YES vote is to listen to Indigenous Australians. I’m sure everyone like to be heard.

[@lucylovic]

They have an office/advisory committee in parliament already.

[@oftin_wong]

What's stopping the government from listening to indigenous advice at the present ? There's been many different advisory bodies over the years and like all governments they ignore it all ...don't be fooled into creating a new layer of another useless bureaucracy

[@michaelc643]

I don"t feel guilty - complaints should be directed to England

[@avantiiresha6687]

😂😂

[@waynevanbiezen9869]

We all share the same air we all have the same colour blood vote YES

[@darylsullivan7707]

Yes

[@user-gj3ft4mc1d]

Oh get over it

[@aggressivecalm]

Australia has had a troubled past, and that past ended. Overt virtue signalling isn’t really going to unring history's bell. Perhaps a growing understanding of the concept that men and women can achieve complete fulfilment of their aspirations only within a just social order? And that it is consequently of cardinal importance to accelerate social and economic progress everywhere, thus contributing to national, and international peace and solidarity? Perhaps if instead of taking every opportunity to decry racism we sought a growing understanding of the concept that communal peace and security on the one hand, and social progress and economic development on the other, are closely interdependent and perhaps may even have some influence on each other?

[@aggressivecalm]

@@beepbeep6861 Agree in principle, (but I do have to point out/mention that the world, the entire world was dramatically, comprehensively, and entirely different 200 years ago.)

[@aggressivecalm]

@@beepbeep6861 You’re clearly in the middle of your own conversation, (I have nothing to contribute here.)

[@nomusanzama]

VOTE YES. It’s my moral responsibility to listen to Indigenous Australian. As a professional immigrant I had to educate myself about the truth. Honestly you all are social media geniuses information is just a click away if you want to know. I respect what Jacinta is saying but it’s far from the truth.

[@andywatt2376]

Vote yes

[@andreaellis4377]

No guilt here as nothing to be guilty if. We are all Australian irrespective of colour. We are one nation

[@dancinguy99]

gr8 lady