Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social
    74·
    1 year ago

    Yeah as someone outside Australia I’ve been surprised at how biased and simplified the reporting has been. A complex constitutional issue is being painted as a simple “good people, bad people”.

    When I read about the changes myself (after having to go hunting for some actual detail - the reporting is pretty poor on this) it honestly seems more like virtue signalling rather than useful or meaningful reform.

    • FaceDeer@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      Its the eternal false dichotomy of “one side of a dispute must be the good guys, meaning the other side are therefore the bad guys.”

      • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Last time I looked at the count 40% of indigenous people voted against the voice, there’s definitely no good/bad side in this regardless how some might choose to vilify others. We have compulsory voting as well.

      • Welt@lazysoci.al
        1·
        1 year ago

        The result has produced a lot of sore losers. The campaign involved a lot of just straight up losers.