#referendum

[ahe-bby]

as an australian i am disgusted. to see my country so proud to be racist? im genuinely sick.

today, over 50% of australia have voted against giving indiginous people a voice in parliament.

THIS is what we talk about when it comes to australia being racist. its fucking casual, its disgusting. and people try to hide and say "well look indiginous people dont like it" THEY DONT LIKE IT? OR IS IT THEY DONT EXPECT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE WE HAVE LET THEM DOWN SO MANY TIMES?

this country needs to change.

#australia #referendum #australian politics #politics #vote yes #yes #australian referendum #auspol

[kropotkindersurprise]

September 26, 2022 - Congratulations to the Cuban people for voting in favor of the Family Code! [article]

The new code guarantees the right of all people to form a family without discrimination, legalizing same sex marriage and allowing same sex couples to adopt children. Under the new code, parental rights will be shared among extended and non-traditional family structures that could include grandparents, step parents and surrogate mothers. The code also adds novelties such as prenuptial agreements and assisted reproduction.

The Code promotes equal distribution of domestic responsibilities amongst men and women and extends labor rights to those who care full-time for children, the elderly, or people with disabilities. The code establishes the right to a family life free from violence, one that values ​​love, affection, solidarity and responsibility. It codifies domestic violence penalties, and promotes comprehensive policies to address gender-based violence.

The Code also outlaws child marriage and corporal punishment, stating that parents will have “responsibility” instead of “custody” of children, and will be required to be “respectful of the dignity and physical and mental integrity of children and adolescents.” It also asserts that parents should grant maturing offspring more say over their lives.

The new code also expands the rights of the elderly and people with disabilities. It recognizes the role of grandfathers and grandmothers in the transmission of values, culture, traditions and care.

#cuba #marriage equality #social justice #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #gay rights #elderly #socialism #rainbow flag #flag #gif #2022 #feminism #women's rights #disability rights #referendum #family code #gay marriage #communism #children

[aceoffangirls]

Really disappointed in my country rn. Australia likes to act like its better than the rest of the world sometimes, compare ourselves to the shit politics in countries like the USA and UK but we are not. Australia is a very racist country, a lot of may not see but the truth came out during this referendum. My heart goes out to all First Nations Australians, you should not have to put up this.

There are some reminders for everyone:

Australia was only colonised in 1788 and we only became one nation in 1901. The First Nations people of Australia have been here for over 65,000 years. They have been here longer than some of the great wonders of the world like the pyramids.

The First Nations people of Australia where not included in the census and be counted in the constitution in 1967

The Stolen Generation only ended around 1969 with the continuing impacts being felt today.

The government only apologised for their actions in 2008

We continue to not listen to the First Nations people and destroy their sacred sites,

#auspol #australian politics #australia #referendum #the voice to parliament #the voice referendum #indigenous voice to parliament #indigenous australians

[aardvaark]

i’m so disgusted and saddened by this country tonight, i don’t even have the words right now. i can’t imagine how much more painful this must be for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, for my Indigenous friends, family members and acquaintances. for now, all i have is some resources.

the First Nations-specific crisis support (suicide) hotline: 13YARN (13 92 76)

the national crisis/suicide hotline: 13 11 14

donate here to pay the rent if you’re living on stolen land (ie all of "australia")

here’s a list of some other Indigenous organisations that accept donations

plus messages from some Indigenous creators to fellow Indigenous people:

and here’s a link to the full post from that last image, there’s a few more pages.

#auspol #referendum #yes23 #voice to parliament #indigenous voice to parliament #always was always will be

[aliceonn]

My heart goes out to all Indigenous Australian’s who are hurting today.

#auspol #referendum #indigenous voice to parliament #yes23 #australia

[dry-gold]

#auspol #referendum #the yes vote will need to win every other uncalled state to win the vote #which is extremely unlikely

[tallowandport]

#voice to parliament #yes23 #yes23au #indigenous voice to parliament #the voice to parliament #referendum #auspol #voice referendum #Youtube #vote yes

[visillantopng]

Here are some reference sheets [432/Timekeepers and others are WIPS atm]

Woooahh I have to post here more often ! O,:

Twitter [where I’m most “active” at] has become more trashy each day, and the few times I posted to here was lovely!

So now, I’m posting here instead, at least until Elon gets his shit together and fixes Twitter.

Instead of The Mandela Catalogue, I’ve moved onto The Stanley Parable! (:

#art #digital art #fanart #illustration #my art #original art #artists on tumblr #the stanley parable #tsp narrator #tspud #tspud bucket #tspud stanley #tspud narrator #tsp stanley #tsp fanart #tspud art #tsp #referendum #ref sheet #character art #character sheet

[biseggsualitea]

So Australia just voted no to enshrining a voice for indigenous Australians into our constitution. This voice was to be an advisory body with no real legal power over policy. And yet, despite the history of absolute HORRID treatment of Aboriginal Australians (attempted genocide) and the MULTITUDE of issues they continue to face as a marginalised group in our society, WE STILL SAID NO.

I am sitting in my kitchen sobbing. I am grieving for indigenous Australians, who I am sure will suffer greatly as a result of this. I am grieving for the complete backwards step we have taken. I am grieving for the fact that we live in a world where people are so selfish and ignorant that they can't think of the needs of others for the sake of equity.

If we cannot look out for each other, especially when it comes at absolutely no cost to ourselves, what hope do we have?

#voice to parliament #the voice #australia #aus politics #auspol #referendum #equity #equality #capitalism sucks #i hate it here

[claraameliapond]

PSA : THE INDIGENOUS VOICE REFERENDUM 14th October 2023

The Yes Vote is literally just giving indigenous Australians A SEAT AT THE TABLE to give information and advice about issues and governmental decisions that affect them.

Indigenous information and advice for indigenous issues from indigenous Australians.

That's it . It's acknowledging their existence as the first peoples of Australia and recognising that they have valuable information to contribute about their cultures, the ways they live, what their most pressing needs are and the best ways in which to help, to enable governments to effectively help them.

The government already provides "help" each year, in an effort to close the gap on education access, healthcare access, and many other pressing needs - they are already using taxpayer money to do this but crucially, these efforts have not been successful because we are missing out on crucial information.

The Voice to Parliament gives the government access to invaluable information that enables it to create and better implement aid, education, healthcare , equal opportunity.

I have been very actively involved in many Reconciliaton efforts for the vast majority of my life -

At 16 I travelled to some of the indigenous rural communities in Australia, met elders and individuals no tourist has access to meet, learnt from them, and saw what was there.

I saw the attempts, the efforts to provide access to Western education, that the rest of the country has, to provide healthcare, housing etc.

They don't work

They are based on western ways of life, ideas of community and interaction.

It's not the same.

They don't work.

Fundamentally because even if well intentioned, your efforts to help can actually harm if you don't have access to crucial information about how indigenous communities live.

We need to accommodate our help, our efforts, our aid to the specific needs and ways of life, values and dynamics of the many indigenous communities, especially rural, that exist across Australia, so that they have access to the same human rights we all do.

The human right to healthcare and education that we all have- it's not accessible in the same ways for indigenous communities.

It's provided, but on western terms- with the western expectation that children will leave their families for 6 months at a time and travel extremely far away to attend school, for example.

This is so backwards and outdated even for western sensibilities, and an incredibly outdated mode of education that is unhealthy emotionally for any child, let alone vulnerable people who have to choose between a western run school and their culture, their families - literally being a part of their community, a present member.

There are better ways to provide access to education than this. Ways that don't disrupt their connection to community, land and culture.

And the best people to ask, to provide information that can properly inform us about these issues, and how best to navigate them, fix them, are the the indigenous Australians themselves- they are the experts.

So that our aid and help and efforts actually do - help. Actually work.

The funds are going there anyway. So we need to put it to use in effective ways.

What we have now doesn't work.

We can only make it better.

Please Vote YES for The Indigenous Voice to Parliament

It is the beginning of lasting, effective positive change for vulnerable communities, and for us all.

#VOICE TO PARLIAMENT #THE VOICE #AUSTRALIA #YES 23 #YES23 #AUSTRALIAN REFERENDUM #AUSTRALIAN REFERENDUM 2023 #INDIGENOUS VOICE TO PARLIAMENT #AUSTRALIAN POLITICS #INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS #AUSPOL #REFERENDUM #YES #VOTE YES #Important #Pertinent #Please share #love #Vote #Voting

[you-need-not-apply]

Vote yes.

#yes #australia #Australia referendum #referendum #vote yes

[the-meaning-iz-42]

I was reading through the official no case in the referendum booklet and one of the points is it will let the door open for activists.

Now all I can imagine is the liberal party members skittering backwards like vampires from the light in a decrepit crypt, the source of the light being someone in a rainbow T-shirt holding up an aboriginal flag.

#god no not the activists #my one and only weakness #non white cishet lobbyists #the horrors #auspol #referendum #the voice #yes23

[mirrorofliterature]

like it is hard to communicate to non-australians how fucking bleak the referendum was

like we knew the referendum was doomed the failure the moment peter dutton stabbed it in the back for political gain, but we still tried to convince people to vote in favour because it was really such a small step for reconciliation and we need to listen to the voices of first nations people living in Australia when making decisions about them, for godsake.

but people fell for misinformation that the media spread like wildfire and the vote was a resounding no, even in victoria, the state I live in, the most progressive state, the one with the highest yes voice.

if we cannot have something as basic as a non-legally binding first nations parliamentary advisory body, how the fuck are we ever going to achieve reconciliation?

anyway. it's not the end of reconciliation in Australia, but it is a big stumbling block that was not needed.

#auspol #referendum

[official-auspol]

It's just over a week until referendum day, Vote Yes!

#auspol #ausvotes #australia #referendum #nsw votes

[classic-oi-oi]

Constitutional Crisis

1975 - Prime Minister Gough Whitlam has been dismissed by the Governor General of Australia, John Kerr, on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II. Many Australians are outraged that a democratically elected leader has been cast out in this way; a controversy known as the 'Constitutional Crisis of 1975'. Addressing the Australian public, Whitlam (Australia in the comic) makes his iconic speech:

"Well may we say, 'God save the Queen'... Because nothing will save the Governor General."

Legislation would eventually be passed by future Governments restricting the influence of the Head of State over the Executive Government (PM's office).

Whitlam was a progressive leader whose term lasted just under 3 years. Despite this short time, he made many sweeping changes within the country, pulling it away from a narrow focus on Europe (particularly, Great Britain) and expanding it to the rest of the world. He was an avid believer in Australia's sovereignty and unique character, counter to British or US influence (many today believing this to be the motive for his dismissal).

#Referendum #hetalia australia #hws australia #Constitutional Crisis #historical hetalia #gough whitlam #the dismissal

[gwydionmisha]

Ohioans please vote! Early Voting has already started!

#Ohio #Referendum #War on Democracy #News #Republican Agenda