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A gathering of
the No tribe
the No tribe
Peter O’Brien’s newly published case for rejecting the Voice will be launched at 6.00pm this Thursday, May 11, at Il Gambero restaurant, 166 Lygon Street in Carlton, where Tony Thomas will officially launch the book. Tickets ($6) can be ordered here, with last-minute walk-ins also welcome.
More than a chance to meet the author, the evening presents an opportunity for opponents of this racially divisive, legally fraught and still unexplained bid to tamper with the Constitution to understand they are not alone, that the PR campaign being waged by the Yes faction is just that — a lavishly funded blitz of obfuscation and bland assurance intended to obscure the very real dangers the Voice would be certain to spawn.
As Peter says, ‘The Voice must not only fail, it must fail spectacularly’.
At Il Gambero on Thursday, the pushback begins.
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The Society of Jesus mourns the death of Father Gerald (“Gerry”) O’Collins SJ AC. Fr O’Collins died in Melbourne on Thursday 22 August at the age of 93. He had been a Jesuit for 74 years and a priest for 61 years.
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