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donna.j.jansz September 11, 2023

@snorks enlighten me on what the advisory bodies are that you mention. I’d appreciate that.

donna.j.jansz September 7, 2023

@snorks I've seen a lot of your comments here and you seem to be misinformed or uninformed. The Voice is an advisory body which they currently, don't, nor ever had. If they had a say many atrocities towards them would never have occurred. 

These organisations have a voice in parliament: Business Council of Australia, Mineral Council of Australia, Australian Banking Association, REIV, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia, Pharmacy Guild of Australia, AMA, and APPEA. There are many more. So why is a Voice for our First Nation’s People so triggering for you?

donna.j.jansz September 1, 2023

The Uluru statement is not giving one group of people more rights than another. It is merely giving our First Nation’s people a say in things that relate to them and effect them. It is making our society more equitable. Most white Australian’s have a voice. Our society is built on the rights and needs of white people and laws are made by people who have no understanding of the rights and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It seems people are more concerned with giving up the priveleges of being white. White Australians have really nothing to lose her and our First Nation’s People have a lot to gain. 

I also find it confusing that people say the Voice is unfair. We have wealthy lobby groups who have the ear of the government. Think of Qantas, coal and gas, banks, big business. Our laws are often decided on the input of these powerful organisations and often the general public 
do not benefit from them. 

donna.j.jansz January 8, 2023

Thank you for writing about Prince Harry in a compassionate and nuanced way. So refreshing after the vitriol that is written about him and his wife Meghan.

donna.j.jansz November 11, 2022

I think woman need to take responsibility for how they feel about their own body. It’s not the job of other women such as Jennifer Aniston, to make other women feel good. That’s an inside job. 

donna.j.jansz January 31, 2021

Thank you for this beautifully written piece. It was very comforting to read. I shed some tears.