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A record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice

www.npr.org /2023/09/21/1200736823/record-number-australians-enroll-vote-referendum-indigenous-voice-

The referendum would enshrine in Australia's constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would advise on policies that impact the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority.

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It’s only the racists and fuckwits influenced by Russian propaganda efforts who will voting ‘no’.
- What the fuck are you on about? I assure you, Australian's don't need external influence to be racist about shit.
- Eh, the Kremlin pushes propaganda to support both extremes in order to create division.
- True. Australian settlers would have been living amicably with the indigenous like family had only Russian proaganda not corrupted their minds.
  
  It has been reported that Russian state trolls meddle in every western country’s affairs and initiate conflict over any social or political affair it none exists to exploit already. They are also a source of dark money to various lobbies merely to create trouble.
- What the fuck? What interest does Russia have in suppressing the voice of the indigenous in Australia?
  The people with the most motivation in suppressing indigenous voices are:
  USA
  Canada
  UK
  Australia
  NZ
  France
  Spain
  Netherlands
  Belgium
  Mexico
  Colombia (on behalf of USA)
  Panama (on behalf of USA)
  El Salvador (on behalf of USA)
  But Russia?
- Russian propaganda efforts in Australia? Do you have anything to support this? Did you mean American propaganda?
All those people are signing up to make sure the indigenous population finally get a modicum of the representation they deserve...right? Right???
This is the best summary I could come up with:
CANBERRA, Australia — A record number of Australians enrolled to vote in a referendum that would create an Indigenous advocacy body, as the first ballots for constitutional change are set to be cast in remote Outback locations next week, officials said on Thursday.
The Voice would be a group of Indigenous representatives who would advise the government and legislators on policies that effect the lives of the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority.
Rogers said he was concerned by the level of online threats that staff at the Australian Electoral Commission, which conducts referendums and federal elections, were being subjected to.
Electoral officials were attempting to counter online disinformation, which appeared to be homegrown rather than coming from overseas, he said.
In the United States in April, Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company's lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about how the machines cost former President Donald Trump the 2020 presidential election.
The conservatives argue the Voice would be a radical change that would create legal uncertainty, divide the nation along racial lines and lead to claims for compensation.
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