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The No Case by Peter O’Brien\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Foreword by David Flint<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ISBN: 9781922815477<\/p>\n Paperback, 124 pages<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On becoming Prime Minister in May 2023, Anthony Albanese\u2019s very first commitment was that he would implement the\u00a0Uluru Statement from the Heart<\/em>\u00a0in full.\u00a0 That statement encompasses a Voice to Parliament and Government, truth telling, treaty and some form of Aboriginal sovereignty or self-government.\u00a0 The Voice is the first and enabling step to these other demands.<\/p>\n It is not, as Albanese claims, a modest change and \u2018just good manners\u2019.\u00a0 If this referendum succeeds, it will be the most significant change the Constitution has ever undergone and it will be a major concession to Aborigines.\u00a0 It will entrench in the Constitution an eighth political entity alongside the Commonwealth and the States.\u00a0 But membership of this polity will be open only to members of one particular race.\u00a0 And it will not be content with merely issuing advice.\u00a0 It will, sooner rather than later, demand, and exercise, power in its own right.\u00a0 It will effectively, become a separate government for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.<\/p>\n This booklet will explain how that might come about.<\/p>\n This proposal conflates two issues \u2013 advice to Parliament, and Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people.\u00a0 Much of the support for the latter aspect is based on a genuine and understandable sympathy for the history and plight of Aboriginal people.\u00a0 It is seen by many as long overdue recompense for wrongs past and present.\u00a0 But much of this sympathy is built on exaggerated claims and historical myths. This booklet will also examine the issue of Constitutional recognition.\u00a0 It will argue that if this is to happen, it should not be by means of the Voice.<\/p>\n Peter O\u2019Brien, a retired army officer, is a frequent contributor to\u00a0Quadrant<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Spectator\u00a0<\/em>magazines.\u00a0 He is also the author of\u00a0Bitter Harvest \u2013 the illusion of Aboriginal agriculture in Bruce Pascoe\u2019s Dark Emu\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Villain or Victim \u2013 a defence of Sir John Kerr and the Reserve Powers<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Indigenous Voice to Parliament ? The No Case by Peter O’Brien\u00a0 Foreword by David Flint ISBN: 9781922815477 Paperback, 124 pages On becoming Prime Minister in May … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3521,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[35],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3381"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3381"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/13.211.153.94\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}