If Anthony Albanese, current prime minister, is in support of and vowed to install the Indigenous Voice advisory board, why can’t he just do it? He also made a comment beforehand that he would respect people’s decision if they vote no, implying that he might be able to override it if he wanted to.

"the PM on Sunday said Labor would “respect the response of Australians next Saturday”.

“If Australians vote no, I don’t believe that it would be appropriate to then go and say, ‘Oh, well, you’ve had your say, but we’re going to legislate anyway’.”

I personally believe that what white Australians want is irrelevant to the fundamental rights that the original owners of this land deserve, and he should have just done it if he was able to.

  • PlogLod@lemmy.worldOP
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    Maybe he should just form the body anyway and hope that by the time the opposition are in power, people have realised it’s a good thing and they won’t reverse the decision?

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      That’s what’s likely going to happen, and there is a very high chance that it will get dismantled again, just like Abbott did after Rudd set up that very thing.

      All it will take is a media barrage in favour of the Coalition and we’ll be right back to where we started. History repeats, and so on, and so forth.