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  • Morrison was the worst PM Australia has ever had.

    Yeah yeah Abbott et al but at least they had some idea of what the job was about. Morrison literally did not understand the role.

    Having said that Morrison beat Dutton to the job. Because even the Liberals understood that Morrison’s only redeeming quality was that he was not Dutton.

  • It’s a good question.

    From the Voice principles about how it will be set up:

    The Voice will not have a program delivery function The Voice would be able to make representations about improving programs and services, but it would not manage money or deliver services.

    https://voice.gov.au/about-voice/voice-principles

    It will not be a body that administers funding and programs that is what the bureaucracy is supposed to do.

    The Voice will be able to look at what the various bureaucrats are doing and advise them and the Minister better ways and more efficient ways of delivering the services they are delivering.

    If the Minister for Aboriginal affairs has a brain wave about some program the Voice will be ideally positioned to say this will work, that won’t work throw that bit out it’s ridiculous.

    So it’s not a bureaucracy it’s a leadership group elected from the regions and indigenous communities that is there to advise in the best way to fix the many problems our indigenous brothers and sisters are facing. Problems that every one recognises they are facing and need fixing. It gives ownership of the solutions to the people facing them. Ownership to the people best places to find workable and effective solutions.

    It really is not much to ask. The only power it has is to advise but that advice will be hard to ignore without the people of Australia saying to their elected representatives- why are you not listening?

    The key is the advise is coming from one central place that represents the regions and indigenous people and carry’s with it the moral authority of the Voice.

    Hope this helps!

  • Yes is it hyperbole to mention that? I Don’t think so. You gotta have a real good look at who’s supporting No…

    Pauline Hanson? Fatty McFuck Face? Cookers and conspiracy nuts? Literal fucking Nazies?

    Maybe, just maybe if thinking about going to vote the same way as these dropkicks you should reevaluate. Have a look at the actual proposition. Despite the scare campaign its actually pretty simple.

    It recognises our first people.

    Parliament retains full legislative control. It’s an advisory board consisting of Indigenous Australians selected by the regions and communities to advise on legislation and matters that concern them.

    It’s not an additional layer of bureaucracy. It’s a leadership body intended to short circuit the bureaucracy and get the information from the regions to the decision makers in government.

    Every one voting now is making a conscious decision to take a step forward and try to heal.

    Yes I see you. Yes I hear you and want to listen

    Or

    No I don’t see you No I don’t hear you and I don’t want to listen.

  • It clashes with the white armband view of history pushed by Howard and the like. I think he is speaking for the audience a bit not so much just himself.

    Once they had to acknowledge that terra nullis was fiction ( and didn’t they fight against that - they are coming for your backyard - sound familiar?) it then transitioned to: A bit of push me shove you in the frontier, shit happens then they all died of diseases.

    It’s uncomfortable to acknowledge than women and children were murdered while they were in their camps. You know, it’s not sporting or chipper. Tally Ho at least they have running water now you know?

    The Voice is a small step in the right direction everyone voting has the chance to be on the forward looking positive path or just saying it’s all to hard let’s keep doing what’s failed in the past.

  • I just bought the extended Hobbit 4K blue ray collection….is this a time for the Hobbit to show its quality?

    It’s not perfect but it has Dwarves singing about dragons gold, Bilbo and Gandalf I’m happy to spend a few hours in Middle Earth

    Once I finish the LOTR rewatch of course.

  • The Voice and audits are complimentary.

    One of the first orders of business of the Voice would be to request a full audit on spending so they have a baseline and better understanding of where the money is going so they can identify ineffective programs and redirect it to where it needs to go.

    Audits are already done regularity anyway 20 or so while Dutton was in Government.

    The problem with audits is they are done to show you are complying with the management intent.

    If the intent is misdirected and ineffectual you can still get 100% in an audit because you did what you said you would do and wasted the money exactly correctly.

    The Voice is the way to get the money used efficiently and effectively in the first place.

  • Internal politics trumps external. The LNP is the party that deftly negotiated extensive trade sanctions against Australia for no apparent reason other than wanting to appear tough for 5 minutes with brain dead sound bites for the daily news.

    Nothing they do has to be consistent just scream No to everything and throw shit at the wall hoping to get everything dirty so the electorate doesn’t know which way is up.