How might a yes outcome after the planned recognition referendum affect Indigenous Australians?

How might a yes outcome after the planned recognition referendum affect Indigenous Australians?

1. Government funding

   • One-sided
     • Deserve to hear both sides
   • Cost of referendum + campaign - where else could money be spent?
     • Closure of remote communities yet they are funding this

2. Reasons to oppose

   • Role of non-indigenous Australians in deciding this
     • Why should we (97%) tell you (3%) where you stand in our relatively new document?
   • Alternatives
     • Treaty
     • Seventh state
   • sovereignty vs closer to document of invaders
   • White people might gain more power to govern Indigenous people
   • Why not Indigenous Australians recognise non-Indgns. Aussies

3. What could a yes outcome mean?

   • Is it symbolic?
     • Will it solve various problems indigenous people face?
   • What advantages are there for indigenous Australians?
   • What might it impede?

4. Who is being consulted?

   • Handpicking of Indigenous people to consult PM + Shorten
     • Protests because not consulted

5. How to find reasons for both cases and various opinions

   • Researcher-conducted survey
     • Will you be old enough to vote?
     • Have you heard of Recognise?
     • Are you Indigenous Australian?
     • Do you think recognition would be beneficial?
   • Recognise Campaign beliefs
     • Their answers to opposition
   • APG and other excluded prominent Indigenous views
     • Why excluded from consultation?
     • What do they believe and why?
   • Already conducted surveys
     • What Indigenous Australians think
     • What non-Indigenous Australians think

6. What could a no outcome mean?

7. Corporate funding