Catholic nuns from the Sisters Of Saint Joseph warn in the Catholic Weekly that Jesus will punish those who Vote No in The Voice Referendum

by Ganesh Sahathevan 

Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart



Sisters Susan Connelly,  Josephine Mitchell and  Jan Barnett of the  Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart have written an op-ed for the Catholic Weekly headlined The false claims of the No Voice campaign.  The headline and the conclusion ; No one can be told how to vote, but each of us will have to answer to God for what we write on that page  summaries the sisters' thesis. 


Between the headline and the conclusion there are  assertions such as this :

Strangely, there is no federal law that bans untruthful or misleading political advertising, a situation that is supporting the level of disinformation that is abroad and which feeds wild and fearful claims that appear on social media.

Nowhere in their article have the sisters addressed the primary issue of why recognition of persons who are Australian citizens is required. They spend much time attacking those who have asked for more detail, regurgitating the argument  (put by among others Anne Twomey ) that other clauses in the provision do not provide detail, but ignore  that crucial point made by  Anne Twomey,  that details can only ever be known once Parliament starts making laws pursuant to the new power. Twomey had inadvertently explained why referendums seldom succeed, but that point seems to have escaped the sisters' insight into Australian Constitutional law.


They then make the false claim , citing ABC Fact Check, that "there are false claims that the Uluru Statement is not a one-page document at all, but has many other hidden pages". They say so despite ABC Media Watch contradicting the ABC Fact Check


They say “ the official pamphlet for the No case quotes Professor Greg Craven implying that he is against the Voice, whereas he has publicly stated that he will vote Yes” but suspiciously fail to quote what Craven did say against The Voice.


Rather than call on the wrath of God and  heaven to smite anyone who might disagree with their insights into the proposed constitutional amendments, and on the Labor Government to ban free speech,  the sisters would be better advised to take advantage of the works of  actual thinkers in Constitutional Law to educate themselves on what is undoubtedly a complex area of law. They might then be better prepared to assume their role of final arbiter of truth on matters of constitutional law.


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Comments

  1. JimAugust 24, 2023 at 8:27 AM

    Well put. The Yes campaign has surely made a mistake by leading with attacks on the No campaign's "misinformation", etc. That's not a reason to vote yes. It's looking like the result may be like the conscription referendums of 1916-17, where almost all the great and good told the public to vote yes, and the voters said no.

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