The whole system needs to be audited and made accountable. There are too many parasitical grifters looking after themselves instead of their people.

I wouldn't sign a blank cheque any more than I would vote yes for the voice.

First the Voice, then the Invoice!...... Say NO to racism!

I voted NO as I didn’t really know what I was voting for.

The fact that it is still a mystery what we are voting for in totality makes me distrustful.

The people would be angry if they got the details

All Australians are equal no group should be more equal than the rest of the population. We are all represented in the constitution as it stands.

"The Voice" is just a metaphor, and we're not told what it means ! Vote NO !

The strange thing is when you do ask reasonable questions you get abuse or called a d-head & dinosaur by people like Ray Martin. What are they hiding to be so defensive about?

The PM who initiated the referendum must resign if the Voice is defeated, in no uncertain terms.

Enough talk. Just vote NO. We are wasting too much money on them already.

More it is talked about Voice more am convinced to NO, NO, NO

When you vote “Yes” you dishonour the principle as to why the 1967 referendum was so successful which was a declaration by 97% of Australians who believed in constitutional equality for all Australians. For the “Yes23” referendum I don’t see any reason why a majority of Australians would want to vote differently to the same principle of the 1967 referendum voters. Write “NO” and pay respect to our 1967 referendum voters who upheld constitutional equality for all Australians for the past 56 years. 🇦🇺💯%

NO! NO! NO AND MORE NO.

As Albanese said, "Don't worry about the details, we'll work them out later"!

My vote changed from soft Yes to soft No after Albos " chicken little " deflect rather than answer reasonable questions, it's gone hard No after the Yes supporters trashing of Jacinta Price, then hardened after watching Red over Black documentary and realised this is only another step against Australia's successful Democracy.

Let’s not waste our time on the details or lack thereof. Vote no to racial segregation.

The whole thing is a Trojan.

Well of course. If ppl knew the facts no-one would support the Yes campaign

the voice is a trojan horse quite clearly radical, not modest and hidden agendas, lack of details, etc could be legislated, if needed, no need to change constitution! anyway, we need audits instead... vote no, in pen, not pencil

They’re not giving the details because they know it would have even less chance than it has right now.

Just remember the words out of Thomas Mayos mouth -“pay the rent” “reparations” and “get ALL our kids out of prison” LIKE HELL!

The Aboriginal industry doesn't need a voice, it needs an audit.

One country one voice and one flag for all Australians.

The voice is a huge can of worms best left unopened.

The Voice campaign cost $400 million dollars. The money could have fed 50,000 Indigenous Australians for 80 years.

It has a very bad smell about it.. that's why I will be voting NO !

Where is the No campaign? It’s gone quiet while Yes is getting louder. Trusting polls is ludicrous. They need to keep fighting.

They already receive over $$$$$$30 BILLION every year. Where is the MONEY going? and they want more. Sadly I am NO VOTER

Communists never tell

The current elite proponents of the Voice must all be stood down for failing to lift the lives of aboriginals in remote communities and replaced by new blood with fresh, practical ideas. Otherwise, it’s same old same old victims reparation $$$ mentality. And all monies should be audited. Where did the billions go?. Taxpayers need to know as we are all suffering. Royal Commission/Audit the billions of $$$ handed to NOel Pearson & Co and make those responsible accountable.

It’s been sponsored by Rio Tinto - global mining. The Voice sounds like the biggest land grab in history.

Its also disappointing that the public servants and their sycophant army refuse to accept and acknowledge there is a growing academic & scientific argument that suggests Australian Aborigines are NOT the first peoples of Australia.

Exactly what Thomas Mayo and Langton said in their speeches

When your waiting for a doctor hospital bed cant get housing or sleeping rough driving on crap roads paying a fortune in food and bills remember how much albos foly is costing

Embed and authoritarian system into a democratic system. That's going work out well NOT. "One country, Two systems" Where have we heard that before?

Don't worry the facts will be disclosed after you vote, by then it will be too late.

Its a NO from me. Its wrong that a certain group allready get more than the rest us so why would we give them more.

With or without the voice to parliament, I'll stand with our first people, until the end.

VOTED NO TO A BLANK CONTRACT AND CHEQUE CALLED THE REFERENDUM, AND DO NOT APOLOGISE OR SORRY TO ANYONE.❤

Albo doesn't know what The Voice is. He hasn't read the 18...26 pages of it. He can't explain it. On a purely legal basis all you have to do is to look at the wording on the AEC website - clause iii) gives the parliament constitutional level power. It's purely a power grab. Nothing more. Nothing less.

I am legitimately 1/16 aboriginal, proud of the fact. but have never claimed anything from any other Australian for that, I earn my own way and have the same rights as all of us do. I am against this racist, divisive ploy to give more money to the government when their policies are failing to help those in need.

The Māori Voice to Parliament has driven policies which compromise community safety, through race-based policing which is soft on violent crime. The Waitangi Tribunal has blamed the high incarceration and reoffending rate amongst Māori on the New Zealand government, and on policing and enforcement leading to disproportionate outcomes. The effect of the Tribunal’s demand in its Report on the Crown and Disproportionate Reoffending Rates 2017 for the Crown to meet fixed targets for the reduction of reoffending, and that these targets be different between Māori and non-Māori, can only be met by refusing to incarcerate violent convicted criminals. The Māori Voice to Parliament has demanded preferential access to critical government resources for Māori, which has put race ahead of need. The Waitangi Tribunal has a track record of using its power to advise the parliament in order to demand that critical government resources, such as health care resources, are distributed on the basis of the race of the recipient, and not who needs those resources most. The decision in the Covid-19 Priority Report that vaccines should have been allocated based on race and not the age of recipients (on the basis that Māori are statistically younger than non-Māori New Zealanders), despite the elderly being most vulnerable to Covid-19, resulted in a change to government policy to prioritise Māori. The decision in Hauora: Report on Stage One of the Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry led to the creation of a Māori-only health system, with over a billion dollars in extra health and other funding. The Māori Voice to Parliament has threatened the rights of New Zealanders to use and enjoy national cultural symbols. The Waitangi Tribunal’s approach to intellectual property rules undermines western legal norms which has the effect of restricting how New Zealanders are able to use and enjoy common national symbols, including depictions and use of the famous Haka, Māori tattoo art, Māori statues and famous historical Māori figures. In the Report into Claims affecting Māori Culture and Identity 2011 the Tribunal recommended the government change the law to give Māori a near monopoly over certain symbols and native flora and fauna, to prevent ‘offensive’ usage. A similar outcome in Australia could mean the use of iconic Australian symbols like kangaroos, emus, Uluru/Ayers Rock or boomerangs would be limited to only Indigenous Australians, or that Indigenous Australians would have to approve of the use of such symbols. Even items common to Australian households, like tea towels with a depiction of Uluru/Ayers Rock, or boomerang fridge magnets, would become problematic, and it might even put in doubt the ongoing use of Australia’s coat of arms and the southern cross depicted in the national flag. The Māori Voice to Parliament decided that Māori’s will have an explicit veto power over certain legislation, and that there are some laws that only Māori can even suggest reforms to. The Waitangi Tribunal has conferred on Māori complainants an explicit formal veto power over a range of legislative matters that affect Māori (Report on Claims about the Reform of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993-2016). This has meant that even laws intended to better manage competing Māori interests in Māori land, and the powers of the Māori Land Court, are now off-limits. The Tribunal has even held in its Report on the Māori Community Development Act Claims that reforms to certain existing legislation can only be proposed or initiated by Māori, rather than parliament. In Australia, this would be the equivalent to requiring Indigenous consent to amend existing native title laws or national parks legislation and preventing the Commonwealth parliament from even initiating amendments. The Māori Voice to Parliament has an almost limitless scope in relation to issues it can be involved in. The scope of the Waitangi Tribunal has expanded from its initial narrow focus on land issues, to being involved in nearly every aspect of New Zealand law, from pandemic policy (The Covid-19 Priority Report 2021) to the negotiation and interpretation of international treaties (Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership 2016). In effect, any matter in which Māori can complain of a breach of the Treaty of Waitangi will be heard by the Waitangi Tribunal.

what CURRENTLY the Aboriginals get for FREE... Why don't White Australians, that have paid tax most of their lives, get these types of benefits? eg. FREE Medications, FREE Prescriptions, FREE designer clothing, FREE Medical, Dental, Education, Legal ... if they're unemployed they get 20% more dole money than 97% of the population. Free HECS, exempt from Stamp Duty, one off training or license fees eg Free Forklift training and license. Fishing license, Truck license and more…. What else do they get? Free Hepatitis A vaccine, Free Cannibus, Property Rates?

Because the facts would completely derail it.

Thank you for standing up against this terrible referendum.

In light of NO detail is very simple - NO NO NO

One country One people One voice Vote NO to apartheid on October 14th

its so obviously an internal activist platform - shh, don't mention the details

We need an AUDIT NOT A REFERUNDUM....that Pearson guy got 550 million for his pet projects in the cape with 0 results.... absolutely disgracefull..

NO.

Well, no contract, no sale!!!

I'm in the UK...7 days before the Brexit vote day ( with many postal votes already cast) it was looking more and more possible that the 'Leavers' would prevail. So, the government announced there would need to be an emergency budget enforced on the day after the result. So, guys look out for something similar in Australia if it's not going their way.

facts? ever smelt a chicken farm? thats the voice

Australians please dont give indigenous any special rights as compared to regular citizens. We did it in Canada and they are basically holding the rest of the country hostage.

This prim minister is a disgrace, watch bill shorten step up, I’m sure he is biting his time.

Funny how mr potato head promised so much to be the boss, Yet time after time payed no attention to his promises. Was he lying each time? and is he continously lying now? To add insult to injury blatantly lies about this waste of our money with this debacle, it seems only to take our minds of his inabilities.This country is going to be in so much debt being run by someone with NO qualifications. he needs to go.

one thing that caught my ear was the mention that if the voice were to succeed the department for indigenous welfare,the NIAA headed by L.Burney,N.Pearson and associates will still exist,yet the voices argument is to replace the broken systems that existed,the voice in my opinion is a guaranteed 100% money making for the few by way of threat to stifle Australian advancement for all Australian citizens.

Why is this info only coming out now ???????😮

Socialism. Labor 101

It’s all about the dollar. As Thomas Mayo said “Pay the RENT”

Thank goodness Aussies are rejecting the voice . Far too much secret squirrel shit from Albanese . Governor General should remove him

Already voted NO.

Voting yes is like signing a blind contract. These same people would banter over paying 50 cente extra for a coffee, but a willing to sign away their future, their kids and grandkids futures by just saying yes because power hungry liars told them they are racist if they dont say yes.

Why would anyone want to vote against themselves, I won’t be. Why would I vote to install another layer of bureaucracy that will eat up more of my hard earned taxes? Bureaucrats that don’t have my best interest in mind. That’s just stupid!

History has proven how shifty people can be. Trust them?

Thank for this perspective.

This Is a reflection on Albanese's integrity

Aborigines have total access to opportunity now if they apply themselves, this about a group of people getting their place at the trrough😢power ,money government dosent work for average people now so why add another layer of entitled power mad loonies what about cost of living dosent matter if you been trained just to go ask for more

It's like the Australian government is trying to install a new form monarchy.

Vote no

This is not about the Voice. This is about Albenese's failure as a PM. Failure to help families and homeless in distress. Failure to control, QANTAS! Failure to control prices. Instead, he spent millions on this referendum. His ego is hurt. Get a bit of his own back. How does he like it?

Try to get everyone you know out to vote No to overwhelm the process with No votes, so it will be absolutely impossible for them sneak in a Yes vote.

I like that someone called a Trojan Horse. How correct - you have no idea what is inside the blo-dy thing!

Vote no its going to screw us over big time

And now we have Mr Turnbull instructing people that if you don't know, find out! The thing to me is that it was the job of the proponents from the very beginning to openly place on the table the whole process including the Uluru Statement from the Heart. But they didn't! They were cagey about it and in the end they must explain why.

A hereditary monarchy.

There is no need to listen to either side of the debate. This issue is causing intense division. VOTE NO.

UNDRIP. Vote NO.

Never sign a blank cheque. VOTE NO.

How can I vote for a constitutional change when I'm not given all the facts that I'm supposed to vote for???Why are the politicians not giving us the information we need to make a fair judgement.I cant vote yes,only NO.

For the aboriginal and Torres straight people to NOT to recognised in our constitution is a disgrace. This is the reason I'll be voting yes next Saturday.

We are being led by incompetence and deceit.

Like most referendum proposals, the proposed 'Voice' seeks to add to Canberra's powers. That is a bad idea.

Why do people want to split the nation, we know nothing about what the program actually does therefore we must vote NO.

The yes vote is truly deceiptfull . .

even a thing called a voice to parliament is very vague and its super strange that we are asked to vote for something so vague and all the money behind it why not have all that focus on a campaign asking for both people to vote for aboriginal candidates and for more aboriginals to get involved in politics

VOTE NO. Wellcome to country. To all AUSTRALIANS

Scomo had his issues, as have the previous PM'S. But Albo has a credibility issue Like I have never witnessed before. Did Albo have the same trainer as Justin Trudeau

64000 yrs old of continuous culture? The oldest cultures 8n the world? How can they make this claim and what does that even mean?

It'll be a totaly different country, and the principles will show this over time. No Voice to the Executive and Parliament. Permanent presence in Canberra.

VOTING NO.

We have known the issues and solutions for some time. We need to stop giving a voice to those who have been road blocks to improving Aboriginal disadvantage.

With respect and I don’t want to get into trouble, but my Aboriginal acquaintances can’t agree about anything among each other and couldn’t run a flag up a flagpole. Truth.

Billions of people are praying to become an Australian/Aussie

Albanese said he will release the details next Sunday 15 OCT .

Did they have a flag when the white fella showed up coupla hundred years ago? 😆 NO 😆😁

Albo calls out robodebt does nothing about it then goes into this debarkle

The fact people could vote yes for something they don’t understand shows a problem. To many people obsessed with picking a side before they do any research. Yes research! Not the abc or sky news.

Linda Burney was asked in parliament what the voice could achieve that she could not as aboriginal affairs minister. She just deflected the answer. Its a pretty basic question and made me a No voter. Trail the voice for 2 years then have a referendum on it.