Territorians alarmed by the revival of Intervention-Era politics have slammed calls for military and federal police to be rolled out on the streets, punitive income management and leaders who said remote communities had a “culture of not working”.
One of the most powerful voices in Territory politics has announced its new leader, five months after the passing of Dr Bush-Blanasi.
A Yolngu Elder told his parliamentary colleagues his people were “suffocating” under bureaucracy and has called for Aboriginal Territorians to be given a direct Voice to parliament.
The Territory has restarted consultations on a Treaty with First Nations people, a year after a $4.2m report was unceremoniously shelved.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton feels a “sense of relief” at the Voice referendum result and says Anthony Albanese was “warned not to take the country down this divisive path”.
Aboriginal elders and leaders say they are disappointed after the landslide no vote – but have vowed to turn their minds to the future.
Peter Malinauskas’ task of implementing a legislated Voice to state parliament has been complicated by the scale of result, writes Paul Starick.
Voters in traditional Labor ‘battler’ seats of Sydney led the No vote, with one Western Sydney Mayor saying the referendum was not a priority for families struggling with the cost of living.
Launching a referendum campaign without a clear message beyond it’s ‘the right thing to do’ was the most reckless political adventure we have ever seen, and Australians responded with a resounding No, writes Peta Credlin.
It wasn’t the No campaign that won this battle. The Yes side just lost it, argues Matt Cunningham.
PM Anthony Albanese Australia has said we need to find a new way forward with reconciliation, as Indigenous Yes campaigners and supporters announced they were in mourning after Australians overwhelmingly voted No to the Voice.
The tactics of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are not the only parents of this failure, writes David Penberthy.
The nation will be voting on the Voice to Parliament in October, and you can find where your nearest voting station is in Queensland. See full list of polling booths.
A woman was spotted brazenly taking down ‘No’ signage outside a western suburbs polling booth as voting continued in the Voice to Parliament referendum.
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