November 2023
‘Grace, dignity, inspiration’: ill Dodson bows out of politics
Labor senator Patrick Dodson says Australia has to reconsider its national integrity and honour after the failure of the Voice referendum, as he retires from parliament.
- Tom McIlroy
October 2023
Women elders stage last-minute Voice intervention
Hundreds of people gathered in the centre of Alice Springs on Wednesday, with traditional owners calling opposition to constitutional recognition a fog of confusion and division.
- Tom McIlroy
April 2023
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
There are no second chances in this Voice referendum
The No vote sought by Peter Dutton will change the country – and could spell the end of the long reconciliation walk.
- Ian Anderson
November 2022
Kenneth Hayne on why there is ‘virtue’ in Voice proposal’s simplicity
The simplicity of the wording of proposed Voice to Parliament constitutional amendment is its “very great virtue”, says former High Court judge Kenneth Hayne.
- Gus McCubbing
March 2021
- Opinion
- Indigenous
Rio Tinto is always deaf to change
The mining giant’s inertia since the cultural disaster at Juukan Gorge shows that it acts only when it is forced to.
- Marcia Langton
June 2020
Rio has a go at unreserved apology after staff leak on gorge blast
Rio Tinto faces fallout from leaked "sorry, not sorry" staff meeting as WA refuses to halt approvals process until new Aboriginal heritage laws are in place.
- Brad Thompson