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For the pollies, i reckon you're right, there is no clear way forward. I think it'll be on the States to take a leading role.
I heard during the week, the problem with a referendum is its a blunt yes/no answer. So we'll never really know what people were actually saying no to. Focus groups and surveys will only get us so far. Makes it hard to know where to go next.
Exactly, and when the question posed was open to so much interpretation everyone has their own idea of what they voted yes/no for. It wasn't like the "gay marriage yes or no" referendum that was clearly understood by most people. Such a mistake to call it "the voice". Isn't that a TV show?
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!
Haha, it was a mistake to call it the Voice. I'm waiting for the Got Talent commission to get going.
Unfortunately the nature of the constitution meaned that it needed to be a bit vague. But that was always one of its strengths. Over time, as life changes, the nation isn't codified into too strict a system. The Voice reflected that essence very well.