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.
About two-thirds of Australians supported the Voice when it was just an idea, yet on Saturday the nation voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposal. How did that happens, asks Joe Hildebrand.
Leading No campaigner Kerrynne Liddle has outlined the Voice referendum’s lessons for Premier Peter Malinauskas.
Preliminary turnout figures reveal the staggering amount of Australians who chose not to vote in the Voice referendum. See why.
SA has voted decisively against the federal Voice to Parliament – but the state government says there is “zero prospect” the state Voice will be repealed.
A controversial northeastern suburbs greengrocers has garnered more than half a million views for a viral Voice video rubbing salt into the wounds of the Yes campaign.
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.
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