Quote Originally Posted by frisson View Post
It would pass today as well.
Australians are fair minded people

This simple 1946 referendum proposal didn't divide the country based on race. It also discussed proven policies that already existed overseas and were shown to be very effective. Welfare policies in Europe including the UK did not divide people based on race, and provided fair financial support based on need

I like Martin Luther King's most famous quote

"I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

While I question the PM competence with leading a failed referendum, I am sensible enough to see everyone's good deeds

So I agree with part of his speech today
"We can and must do better for our First Nations Peoples"

So let's now create the Voice by legislation today, see if it works, and then we can all restart the debate
I highly doubt it would pass today since the LNP would oppose it and spread disinformation. Governments used to be more bipartisan but now it's just whatever Labor proposes, we oppose it. And I don't see how this referendum was "dividing the country based on race."
Lol at quoting Martin Luther King Jr though!