{"id":45006,"date":"2023-05-17T18:11:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45006"},"modified":"2023-05-17T18:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T08:11:34","slug":"no-to-voice-for-we-are-one-and-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45006","title":{"rendered":"No to Voice &#8211; For We Are One And Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45007\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/For_We_Are_One_And_Free-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"For_We_Are_One_And_Free\" width=\"1036\" height=\"1036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/For_We_Are_One_And_Free-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/For_We_Are_One_And_Free-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/For_We_Are_One_And_Free-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/For_We_Are_One_And_Free.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>The proposed Voice is a direct threat to our democracy and the Constitution.<\/div>\n<div>This referendum divides Australians by race, gives one small group of Australians an extra say over Parliament and the Government, and will cost the earth.<\/div>\n<div>And to top it off, the dangerous and divisive Voice is a \u201cfirst step\u201d towards Treaty and \u201cagreement making\u201d.<\/div>\n<div>That could mean reparations, a \u201cblack parliament\u201d, and oversight of executive government and the public service.<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile there\u2019s a crime crisis in Alice Springs, along with an energy and cost of living crisis that\u2019s just going to get worse.<\/div>\n<div>It\u2019s not right and it\u2019s not fair.<\/div>\n<div>But you can help fight back now by signing this pledge, telling Anthony Albanese you\u2019ll vote \u2018NO!\u2019.<\/div>\n<div>The referendum is coming \u2013 and those driving a divided Australia are already off and running.<\/div>\n<div>So it\u2019s urgent to take action now to oppose it.<\/div>\n<div>Get your name on this pledge today to fight for our nation so it\u2019s fair and free for ALL Australians!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/www.fairaustralia.com.au\/pledge<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The proposed Voice is a direct threat to our democracy and the Constitution. This referendum divides Australians by race, gives one small group of Australians an extra say over Parliament and the Government, and will cost the earth. And to top it off, the dangerous and divisive Voice is a \u201cfirst step\u201d towards Treaty and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=45006\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;No to Voice &#8211; For We Are One And Free&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-the-voice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45008,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45006\/revisions\/45008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}