From Prime Minister Albanese – and so many of his cohorts – to media muppets loitering at every point of the compass, I have had my senses bombarded with arguments about a ‘Voice’.

My first reaction was ‘whose voice?’ Followed by ‘what voice?’ And then, why does someone in Australia need another voice to override the voice they already have?

We are, after all, a democracy where everyone has a say and right to vote in Federal elections.

I was told in formal and stern tones that it was ‘to enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to provide advice to Parliament on policies and projects that impact their lives’.

Well, to this Old Bushy that sounded like what I would call ‘double dipping’. Why can’t their present representatives, both elected and unelected, do that job?

Why, I mused, do Aboriginal people need another voice in Parliament when they have had the same rights as every other Australian since Federation? They can vote in elections and elect their own people to the Peoples House, as is presently the case. I am told that following the last election in May there are ten representatives in Federal Parliament claiming Aboriginal heritage.

So, why do Aboriginal people need another voice? If so, are we going to give a special voice to the Greek community, or the Italian community, or the Chinese community? Where does it end?

Surely that suggestion would cause an uproar of dissent, and so should a special voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We are a country populated by migrants from all parts of the globe and who came here first should not be relevant to one man one vote democratic processes.

Further to those thoughts, I confess to being thoroughly sickened by the ongoing use of ‘indigenous’ to solely describe people of Aboriginal inheritance.

To this old bushy, every person born in Australia, regardless of ethnic original or skin color or religious belief, is and equal indigenous citizen of this country with the same rights and obligations to our nation.

Our citizenship is bestowed on us at birth, not by some ancient forebear.

On an associated matter, I am deeply offended by Aboriginal people being paid by the taxpayer to perform a recently created ‘welcome to country’ not for tourists – which is fine – but to other Australians. This is my country too, and in most instances, and my family has been here for many generations.

It is time activists were told that we are all equal citizens of Australia, and do not need to be ‘welcomed’ as guests.

The short of it is, Australia does not – under any circumstances – need another voice to our Constitution.

But what we do need to rid our Constitution of all references to ‘race’. We also need to wipe the statute books of all legislation giving any privilege to any thereby benefiting group. We are one people and should be living under one law for all.

Anything less is divisive and unacceptable to the vast majority of Aussies.