• ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    The result isn’t being covered very well internationally, looking at the post on lemmy.world, I wonder what ramifications this will have in the pacific

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      1 year ago

      Yeah I noticed that everyone has jumped on the “Australia is racist” bandwagon. I think there is that element but I’m optimistic that the referendum failed for other reasons and we can all move on.

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        1 year ago

        I think had there been no advertising, no campaigning, no news coverage, just the alteration to the constitution with a small explanation of its implications and no social media posts we would have had a very different result, but unfortunately we do not live in a utopia