The Quadrant Special Digital Edition, August 2023, “Why the Voice Would be a Disaster for Australia,” contains the leading criticisms of the Voice, some quite complex and perhaps too time-consuming for the average reader to digest. That is why there is the present special Alor.org blog presentation, which summarises the key arguments, and gives the intelligent ordinary reader, pressed for time, a thumbnail sketch of the key points. Here I mention some articles that deliver a plethora of anti-Voice arguments that the reader can use in their own personal campaign for the No side.
While this topic is grim, there is some humour to be made, as made by Roger Franklin, “Fifty Reasons to Vote No,” details. Some of the reasons are hilarious, but all true, such as: