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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has his face painted during the Garma Festival at Gulkula in East Arnhem Land.

Detail of Indigenous Voice to come after referendum: Albanese

The prime minister says he does not want a repeat of the failed 1999 republic referendum, signalling few details on the Voice before a public vote.

  • Shane Wright

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Liberal Senator Jacinta Price delivering her first speech in the Senate.

Liberal MPs opposing Voice to parliament because of a lack of detail

Anthony Albanese wants bipartisan consensus on an indigenous Voice to parliament but a growing number of Liberal MPs have reservations.

  • James Massola and Lisa Visentin
Liberal Senator Jacinta Price delivering her first speech in the Senate.

Indigenous Voice could drive a wedge between Australians: Price

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s first speech to parliament underscored the challenge for the government, which wants to hold a referendum on an Indigenous Voice as early as next year.

  • Lisa Visentin
How to secure a yes vote in the referendum for the Voice?

Voters deserve a detailed proposal for constitutional amendment

The lesson is to treat voters with the respect they deserve as the ultimate sovereigns of our constitutional order.

  • Gabrielle Appleby
Peter Dutton, who has indicated support for a Voice that is practical, not merely symbolic.

Why a First Nations Voice will meet Dutton’s demand for practical change

The new opposition leader is right to insist that a First Nations constitutional Voice must deliver practical results, and it will, argues a former vice president of the Liberal Party.

  • Karina Okotel
Thomas Mayor, a unionist and advocate for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, with his children.

Our people have never enjoyed a vantage point quite like this: the Uluru Statement, five years on

Referendums in this country are not for the faint-hearted. We have work to do – but we know we have wide support for a First Nations Voice to federal parliament.

  • Thomas Mayo
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Anthony Albanese has reiterated his support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

First Nations people’s ‘act of grace’ deserves an Indigenous Voice: Albanese

The Labor leader says an Indigenous Voice to parliament will help define our future as a more equal country as he struck an aspirational tone in his National Press Club address.

  • Cameron Gooley
Prime Minister Scott Morrison shut down the prospect of a referendum on an Indigenous Voice while campaigning at a retirement village in the seat of Corangamite, south-west of Melbourne, on Monday.

‘Why would I?’: Morrison rules out referendum on Indigenous Voice if re-elected

The PM was quick to shut down the prospect of a national vote as an Indigenous-led campaign to make the referendum an election issue was launched.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Angus Thompson
Uluru.

‘Time is now’: Australia-wide campaign to call for referendum on Indigenous Voice

The landmark call to action will be heard across the country as an Indigenous-led campaign seeks to elevate the Voice to Parliament as a key election issue.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Greens leader Adam Bandt says truth-telling and treaty-making processes need to happen before an Indigenous Voice is created.

Truth and treaty before an Indigenous Voice: Bandt

The Greens hope whichever party wins the election will consider their plan to postpone an Indigenous Voice in favour of truth-telling and treaty-making.

  • Cameron Gooley

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