A Voice to Parliament would involve elected First Nations leaders forming a representative body advising governments at all levels on issues that directly impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Uluru Statement from the Heart — a document signed by more than 250 First Nations leaders that calls for ‘structural reform’ — appeals for a Voice to Parliament to be constitutionally enshrined.Follow our investigative coverage as the federal Labor government moves to pursue its 2022 election promise to include a Voice to Parliament.
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.
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.
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.
Polling booths have closed in four states and the ACT, with counting now underway to determine Australia’s stance on the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Bob Katter has been involved in a heated clash with government officials, declaring he had voted no because the Voice would not offer any meaningful outcomes. FOLLOW LIVE
Flinders Ranges traditional owners were devastated when sacred sites were destroyed without consultation. They fear a Voice to Parliament will give them even less of a say.
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