Not even our classrooms — a place where students should be allowed critical thinking — are exempt from the discouragement of critical thinking on the referendum for an Indigenous Voice, writes Warren Mundine.
Given its significance, you might want to believe the government would support all Australians in becoming informed of both sides, for and against the Voice to Parliament, so that each individual can make up their own minds and properly exercise their vote.After continued pressure from the Coalition, the government finally agreed only last week to distribute to each Australian household an information pamphlet about the proposed Voice referendum.
The views of all eligible voters matter and the government should be readily making every reasonable effort to ensure we have an opportunity to be properly informed on both sides in a way that is accessible to them before the proposal is put to a vote. Australians should be wary when a government asks them to vote on a matter of national significance yet is not forthcoming in disseminating all legitimate views on the matter so people can make up their own mind.
It was reported that"Yes" campaigners will be welcomed into classrooms and school assemblies and I am yet to hear of schools extending invitations to anyone with legitimate doubts regarding the efficacy of the Voice to Parliament.Over the past five years, I’ve listened to traditional owners from across the nation, including in Mutitjulu at the base of Uluru, who’ve told me they do not support the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
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