Australia could lose the moral high ground to speak out on issues on the global stage if the Voice referendum is defeated.
to Japanese colleagues is tricky. Finding the Japanese words to describe the issues facing Australia, not to mention what the First Nations people are facing, has me stumped.a vote by the nation’s people. That helps, but then when I delve into issues such as a majority in most states but not in the territories and what such a constitutional amendment might look like the eyes of my interlocutors glaze over.
One of my concerns about the Australia-Japan relationship is how little is written about modern Japan in Australian media and vice versa. This littleNormally, I would welcome a deep dive into matters of Australia by a Japanese media outlet. I have raised concerns about what I see as racism bubbling to the surface in our so-called multicultural society in Australia and how this might appear to the Japanese. I am quickly shot down. People say, “but Japanese are racist” and “well, they haven’t exactly embraced a multicultural society” and “what have they done for the Ainu people”.But surely, how one country grapples with its history shouldn’t dictate how we justify our own.
Japan has plenty of voices to listen to. Ours is a small one, but don’t we want the Voice to be an inclusive one? We should take this chance to move on from our past, to embrace a future in which Indigenous Australians can have a say in policies that affect them. Ensuring that Indigenous Australians have a Voice to parliament is the greatest statement we can make to Japan, to other countries in our region. Then we can get back on our soapbox.
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