Voice fallout: Indigenous leaders go quiet on truth-telling
When Indigenous affairs ministers from around Australia met for the first time after the failed referendum one key topic was missing from the discussion.
When Indigenous affairs ministers from around Australia met for the first time after the failed referendum one key topic was missing from the discussion.
A public hearing discussing the Territory’s own Voice to Parliament has hit an eleventh-hour stumbling block.
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The 2.6 million Australians who couldn’t be stuffed turning out to vote in the Voice referendum is a disgrace and the penalty for them should be far greater, Peter Goers says.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has snubbed the Yes campaign event for the Brisbane Polish Club’s 70th birthday bash as the Voice referendum was voted out.
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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