The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems, the thoughts, the reviews, the photos, the paintings and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Wednesday October 18th, 2023
Australia’s rejection of “The Voice” is not a throwback of Indigenous Australians by Murray Hunter
Indigenous Australians didn’t wholeheartedly support ‘The Voice’, why would other voters?
Australians
overwhelmingly rejected ‘The Voice’ with only around 40+ percent voting
in favour, and at least 5 states not carrying the constitutional
amendment, when four states were necessary. The referendum to establish a
24 member advisory board to the parliament, executive, and civil
service was soundly defeated.
In addition, many indigenous Australians also voted against ‘The Voice’, as there were questions about how 24 members could represent such a divergent group of more than 300 tribes, with differing ideas, across the country. The ‘yes’ campaign never answered them.
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Tongue Tied #poem by Jan Sand
“Herding words to perform tricks,
Acrobatics into ballads, rhymes
That twinkle into good times
Or vocal thunders of the wonders
Out of an angry psyche, or perhaps
Chagrin of a grin of consonants that spin”
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A fistful of cactus #65 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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