{"id":3373,"date":"2023-06-22T01:09:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/?post_type=product&p=3373"},"modified":"2023-06-23T22:51:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T11:51:25","slug":"beyond-belief-rethinking-the-voice-to-parliament","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/product\/beyond-belief-rethinking-the-voice-to-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Belief | Rethinking the Voice to Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rethinking the Voice to Parliament<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Edited by Peter Kurti and Nyunggai Warren Mundine<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Paperback<\/div>\n
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ISBN\u00a09781925138795<\/div>\n
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Forty-four attempts have been made to change the Australian Constitution since Federation in 1901 but only eight of those attempts have been successful.<\/div>\n
In 2022, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese decided to launch another attempt at constitutional amendment. His intention: to hold a referendum proposing to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the Constitution.<\/div>\n
Advocates for the Voice appear to think the unquestionable goodwill which all Australians bear towards their Indigenous sisters and brothers will be enough to ensure a successful outcome. But success is far from assured.<\/div>\n
Not only has little detail been given to the Australian people about the proposed constitutional changes; more importantly, at the 2022 federal election eleven Indigenous Australians were elected to the Commonwealth Parliament.<\/div>\n
Many Australians believe this result represents the best possible Indigenous \u2018voice\u2019 to parliament.<\/div>\n
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In Beyond Belief: Rethinking the Voice to Parliament<\/strong>,\u00a0twelve distinguished Australians set out their reasons why we need to question the wisdom of enshrining a Voice to parliament by amending the Constitution.<\/div>\n
Some of these reasons are legal, political and constitutional; but others express concern that constitutional amendment will do nothing to address the social disadvantage endured by many Indigenous Australians \u2013 a burden which weighs heavily on each of the contributors.<\/div>\n
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Beyond Belief: Rethinking the Voice to Parliament<\/strong>\u00a0will equip Australians who have their own doubts about the proposed referendum with informed and compelling reasons for deciding to vote \u2018No\u2019 when asked to change our nation\u2019s founding document.<\/div>\n
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Peter Kurti<\/strong>\u00a0is Director of the Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society program at the Centre for Independent Studies.<\/div>\n
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Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO<\/strong>\u00a0is Director of the Indigenous Forum at the Centre for Independent Studies, and Chairman and Managing Director of the Nyunggai Plack Group.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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CONTENTS<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0The Uluru Statement from the Heart<\/div>\n
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Foreword\u00a0Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Introduction:<\/div>\n
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  1. \u00a0The Voice: A Plea to Reconsider\u00a0| Tony Abbott<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The Voice: Self-determination or separatism?\u00a0| Anthony Dillon<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The Voice: Beyond Belief?\u00a0| Janet Albrechtsen<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Constitutional Change by Stealth\u00a0| Chris Merritt<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. What Conservative Voice supporters get Wrong about Constitutional Recognition\u00a0| Bernard Samuelson<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. The Indigenous Voice does Not Speak for Country\u00a0| Nyunggai Warren Mundine<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Head over Heart: The Legal, Democratic and Practical Problems raised by the Uluru Statement\u00a0| Amanda Stoker<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. It\u2019s OK to say \u2018No\u2019 to Indigenous Recognition in the Constitution\u00a0| Scott Prasser<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Indigenous Social Justice won\u2019t be solved with Poetic Justice\u00a0| Neenah Gray<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. The Voice: What are We Being Asked to Decide?\u00a0| Caroline Di Russo<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. Constitutional Recognition is Not Necessary for Integration \u2013 Australia\u2019s Migrant Story tells us so\u00a0| Rocco Loiacono<\/strong><\/li>\n
  12. The Voice in the Light of the Western Intellectual Tradition\u00a0| Henry Ergas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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