Good Riddance to the Voice: Senator Alex Antic By Tom North

Senator Alex Antic is another hero who has done great work in defence of freedom, first in the Covid tyranny, and then the Voice. I got this email from his mail out, which is his goodbye to the Voice. At least, the Voice as a constitutional referendum. But just as in the film of the Two Towers, at the end, the final battle will be one where the prime minister attempts to put through the Voice legislation anyway as just a statute, as has been done in the states. This will require a High Court challenge. Here is the Senator’s email comments:

“As we approach Referendum Day, it’s worth reflecting on what holding this referendum to amend our Constitution has managed to achieve.

1. Labor have successfully wasted approximately $364 million worth of taxpayers’ money on the referendum machinery without explaining how the Voice will operate or how it will “close the gap.” If Labor could outline a specific plan, there would be no need for the Voice as we could act immediately with resources already available. The Yes campaign has been the most impressive exercise in talking loudly without saying anything in recent memory.
2. Yes activists have suggested that many Australians do not want the best for indigenous Australians because they don’t support creating a permanent bureaucracy with yet-to-be determined powers. When people called them out, some Yes campaigners complained about so-called mis and dis information.
3. Yes activists have also portrayed indigenous Australians as incapable of helping themselves. We have more respect for our Indigenous friends and neighbours than that. Labor’s welfare state agenda is not something I view as progress.
4. The views of activists who have openly stated that they consider Australia Day to be a celebration of genocide and who have paid respect on camera to the Communist Party of Australia have also been promoted. Hopefully, this has served to shine a light on the motives behind the Voice.
5. All this at a time when electricity prices have increased by 15.7%, gas prices by 14%, milk and bread prices by 10%, and interest rates have doubled. Rather than address these economic pressures, Labor have enjoyed a massive indulgence in divisive identity-politics rhetoric.
6. However, one positive aspect of the referendum is that the quiet Australians have found their voice. They’re tired of the suggestion that they live in a racist country and that indigenous poverty and incarceration is somehow their fault. They would prefer to see meaningful action to help our indigenous neighbours rather than listen to Labor’s guilt-tripping rhetoric.
7. As Opposition Leader Peter Dutton rightly said, “We live in the best country in the world, we should be prepared to stand up and defend it to make sure that our institutions are protected. And the proposal to insert a new chapter into the constitution and deliberately keep the detail from Australians is without precedent, it's reckless.” Hear, hear.
8. Let’s make our voices heard on Saturday and put this pointless, divisive chapter behind us and move on to more productive approaches.
9. Your sincerely …