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关于澳大利亚原住民之声修宪公投致华人社区的呼吁书

2023-09-19

近期原住民之声活动, 欢迎参加:

• Melbourne Walk for Yes: Sunday 17 September 2023, 12:00 noon, State Library. https://www.yes23.com.au/melbourne_walk_for_yes
• Voice online forum by Jason Yat-Sen Li MP, Professor Peter Yu AM and Molina Asthana: Monday 18 September, 5:00PM. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gRVQcG6k
• Voice to Parliament online forum by the Asian Australian Alliance: Tuesday 19 September, 8:00PM. RSVP: https://events.humanitix.com/the-voice-and
• ‘Why Yes? Why now? Multicultural Communities and the Voice’ forum on Monday 25 September, 6:00PM, at Coburg Town Hall. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/why-yes-why-now-multicultural-communities-and-the-voice-eccv-forum-tickets-709256905497

Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum Will Be Held on 14 October 2023

• 为了尊重和承认原住民族，投 YES! | For Respect and Recognition of Indigenous people, Vote YES!
• 为了更好的效果和弥合差距，投 YES! | For Better Results and Closing the Gap, Vote YES!
• 为了愈合与和解，投 YES! | For Healing and Reconciliation, Vote YES!

https://voice.gov.au/resources/information-booklet :

Constitutional amendment

The ‘Proposed Law’ that Australians are being asked to vote upon is set out in the Constitution Alteration Bill. If approved at the referendum, the Bill would add the following words to the Constitution:

Chapter IX Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

129 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice

In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia:

1. there shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice; 
2. the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government of the Commonwealth on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;
3. the Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to matters relating to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, including its composition, functions, powers and procedures.

https://voice.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-06/voice-fact-sheet-2-chinese-simplified.pdf :

宪法修正案
澳大利亚人民被要求投票的《拟议法案》已在《宪法修正法案》中列出。如果该法案在议会和全民公投中获得批准，以下文字将写入宪法。

For more information:

• https://voice.gov.au/
• https://voice.gov.au/community-toolkit/translated-resources/chinese-simplified
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/voice-to-parliament-referendum
• https://www.sbs.com.au/language/chinese/zh-hans/collection/voice-to-parliament

Join us to hear more and ask questions about the upcoming Voice Referendum – 澳华社区”原住民之声”问答论坛(中英文双语)

• Date/Time: Saturday 9 September 2023, 3:00PM – 4:30PM
• Venue: Box Hill Town Hall – Matsudo Room. 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, VIC 3128.

Guest speakers:

• Marcus Stewart (Member of First Nations Referendum Working Group)
• Wesa Chau (40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian Australians)
• Jimmy Li (CCCAV)

This forum is jointly organised by the Chinese Community Council of Australia, Victoria Chapter (CCCAV) and Yes23.

To RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/community-qa-forum-understand-the-voice-referendum-tickets-701303055317

澳大利亚二十四年来第一次全民公投即将举行，是时候对此次2023年关于“原住民之声”的全民公投增进了解，以便在投票日当天投出明智和负责的一票。

定于9月9日在博士山市政厅举行澳华社区”原住民之声”问答论坛，邹慧心、Marcus Stewart (联邦有关原住民的修宪公投工作小组成员)、李健民将与大家分享他们的观点和回答大家的提问。

• 时间: 9月9日星期六下午3:00-4:30PM.
• 地点: Box Hill Town Hall 博士山市政厅 – Matsudo Room. 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill.

座位有限，请点此链接报名: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/community-qa-forum-understand-the-voice-referendum-tickets-701303055317

主办: 维州澳华社区委员会(CCCAV).

活动支持社团:

• 澳亚志愿者协会(AAV),
• 澳亚多元文化组织(AMO),
• 澳洲华人多元文化协会(CAMA),
• 澳华联盟(CAA),
• 澳华会(CAN)/澳洲英语角,
• 澳中商桥(ACBCC),
• 云登亚洲商会(ABAW),
• (欢迎成为此活动的支持社团，请与CCCAV联系)

现场翻译: 秦潞山教授