⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zone to Australian Politics@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoIndigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited'www.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square112fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down111
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkIndigenous leaders break their silence, call referendum defeat 'appalling and mean-spirited'www.abc.net.au⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zone to Australian Politics@aussie.zoneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square112fedilink
minus-squareDeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year ago the “gay marriage yes or no” referendum Small nitpick: it was a plebiscite - not a referendum. Our marriage laws aren’t contained in the Constitution, so a referendum wasn’t required.
minus-squarestifle867@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoDidn’t even realise that, thank you.
minus-squareDeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWith the sheer volume of political nonsense surrounding the question at the time, it sure felt like a referendum!
Small nitpick: it was a plebiscite - not a referendum. Our marriage laws aren’t contained in the Constitution, so a referendum wasn’t required.
Didn’t even realise that, thank you.
With the sheer volume of political nonsense surrounding the question at the time, it sure felt like a referendum!