Voice vote exposes a rift that has been evolving for years
The No vote victory transcends the respective campaigns. This was a repudiation of elite morality and assumed moral superiority.
The No vote victory transcends the respective campaigns. This was a repudiation of elite morality and assumed moral superiority.
The Australian tragedy is stark – a majority of people support Indigenous constitutional recognition but this goal is finished for decades.
This referendum exposed the unhealthy fracture of our society. After a misjudgment of astonishing dimensions, the PM must unite us.
What governments and parties do at moments of historic crisis brands them before history. This week Labor was branded.
The task facing Anthony Albanese from Saturday evening will require a new tone and content to bring the nation back together, regardless of whether Yes or No prevails.
Why was the 1967 referendum different to the Indigenous voice to parliament vote? There are many explanations but race lies in the foreground.
With the Yes and No campaigns in full throttle, replete with exaggerations, distortions and racist claims, there is almost no focus on the central issue.
Former Reserve Bank governor Ian Macfarlane brands as a ‘disgrace’ Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ decision not to put changes to the RBA out for open debate.
Ian Macfarlane has gone public because he believes there is a serious danger the RBA will pursue an untenable vision. We should all sit up and take notice.
Australia is heading towards an extraordinary, intense and unpredictable battle over nuclear power at the federal election.
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