Indigenous Voice To Parliament

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NEWS ADV Vincent Tarzia Quits in the court yard of Old Parliament House. Image/Russell Millard Photography

Liberals in SA must clean up their mess, and fast

A policy meant to be a free kick became an own goal that destroyed Vincent Tarzia’s leadership of South Australia’s Liberal Party amid its confusion over the nation’s only Indigenous voice.

David Penberthy

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ADELAIDE , AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos - AUGUST 12, 2024: SA LIBS PARLIAMENT. Portrait of Vincent Tarzia. Picture: NewsWire / Ben Clark

Internal warfare: SA Liberals split over plan to axe state voice

Vincent Tarzia’s leadership faces fresh scrutiny as the South Australian Liberals fail to agree on promising to scrap the state’s Indigenous voice for the March state election.

David Penberthy

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News ADV Leader of the Opposition Vincent Tarzia and Shadow Minister for health Ashton Hurn at a press conference

South Australia Liberals vow to call time on Indigenous voice

South Australia’s Indigenous voice to parliament would be repealed and replaced with an advisory body under a Liberal plan to wind back the controversial voice model.

David Penberthy

Bitter BattleIndigenous

Liberal senator Price ‘hypocritical’ over voice claims

A land council chief has criticised Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for leading the campaign against the voice while using claims that ‘the voices of people in community have been ignored for too long’ when it suited her political agenda.

Paige Taylor

‘Practical outcomes’Indigenous

Premier David Crisafulli with Matthew Chapman, 3, at the Children First Early Education Cranbrook centre in Townsville. Picture: Evan Morgan

Indigenous deal ‘the opposite of voice’

Queensland’s Indigenous mayors have secured direct access to state cabinet but Premier David Crisafulli says the deal is the ‘opposite’ to the formerly proposed voice to federal parliament.

Mackenzie Scott and Sarah Elks

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Victoria has formally tabled a ‘historic’ treaty to parliament. Picture: NewsWire / Valeriu Campan

Victoria’s treaty bill confers huge powers on selective minority

The concept of Gellung Warl violates every principle of responsible government and Victorians should be outraged by this unjustified and excessive attempt to usurp power.

Lana Collaris

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Jaru woman Marianne Nungarri Skeen (L) and her daughter Shirley Rae Skeen will be among almost 300 delegates at the national gathering of the Council of First Nations in Queensland beginning Monday.

‘Yes cash’ for First Nations summit

About $1.3m in donations left over from the unsuccessful Yes campaign for an Indigenous voice has been used to plan and host a national gathering of almost 300 Indigenous men and women in Queensland this week.

Paige Taylor

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Policy settings should drive investment, business activity

Successful companies boost productivity and living standards.

Editorial

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Two pet projects of Premier Peter Malinauskas - the LIV golf tournament and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament - are on a dangerous collision course

‘What’s the voice done for us?’ Indigenous groups lash Mali’s LIV golf course

Two pet projects of SA Premier Peter Malinauskas – the LIV golf tournament and Indigenous voice to parliament – are on a collision course.

David Penberthy

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - August 17th 2025: Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in Perth today attending the Resources Technology Showcase, at PCEC. Picture: NewsWire/Philip Gostelow

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‘Dog’ act: Noel Pearson unleashes on all sides

Noel Pearson has broken his long silence since the defeat of the Indigenous voice with an excoriating critique of both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Paige Taylor

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Australia's Opposition Leader Peter Dutton arrives to concede defeat in the general election at the Liberal Party election night event in Brisbane on May 3, 2025. Australia's right-leaning opposition leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat in a general election on May 3, saying he had spoken to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. (Photo by Patrick Hamilton / AFP)

Dutton became the biggest victim of voice’s failure

Had the ‘hard-ass’ opposition leader supported the referendum over greater say for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, he would have had his best chance of transformation.

Noel Pearson

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The Coalition releases an attack advertisement featuring Jacinta Nampijinpa Price . The campaign ad, shows Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s during a recent podcast referencing that in 10 years Australians will look back on the voice in a similar way to marriage equality. Picture: Instagram

Price recalls a voice from the past in last-ditch Coalition ad blitz

The Coalition has launched a last-minute attack advertisement, with Jacinta Nampijinpa Price telling voters the voice will come back under Labor.

Paige Taylor

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION BUS. 30/04/2025 Australian Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Canberra Press Club in the last week of his election campaign. Pictured with Senator Penny Wong Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

Labor insists voice 2.0 is not on its agenda

Labor has rejected Coalition claims it wants to revisit the Indigenous voice, as Penny Wong says ‘the voice is gone’.

Paige Taylor

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 30: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greets supporters with Labor's MP for Hasluck Tania Lawrence in the suburb of Midlands, which borders the electorate of Hasluck and the electorate of Bullwinkel, on April 30, 2025 in Perth, Australia. Australia will hold a federal election on May 3. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

PM lands in WA for final days before election; to prioritise state if re-elected

Anthony Albanese has landed in Perth and is travelling to a pre-poll booth on the border of two hotly contested seats in WA; vows to visit the state at least 10 times per year if re-elected.

Sarah Ison

‘it’ll be a bit like marriage equality’Indigenous

NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION BUS. 27/04/2025 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a campaign rally in Parramatta NSW held at Parramatta Town Hall. Katy Gallagher: Minister for Finance; Minister for the Public Service; Minister for Women and Penny Wong: Minister for Foreign Affairs Picture: Jason Edwards / NewsWire

A resurrected voice is inevitable, declares Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has suggested an Indigenous voice is inevitable and Australians will one day be incredulous there was ever an argument about it.

Paige Taylor

EditorialEditorials

‘Treaty’ brings difficulties to life

Whadjuk allegations must be addressed properly and publicly.

Editorial

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Bridget Cama, Co-Chair of Uluru Youth Dialogue, photographed at Oatley park as The Voice Referendum reaches its one year anniversary. Photo: Tom Parrish

Threat of voice ‘lies’ haunting campaign

Senior figures in the defeated push for an Indigenous voice to parliament have vowed to fight back against what they claim will be ‘lies’ in the federal election, signalling a bitter campaign on Aboriginal affairs in the weeks ahead.

Paige Taylor

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 14 2023: Noel Pearson, Dean Parkin, Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese and Qantas CEO Alan Joyce are seen at the the launch of the Qantas 'Yes' Campaign where The Prime Minister will deliver a speech. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Qantas chair says companies should steer clear of social causes like the voice

Qantas chair John Mullen says corporate Australia ‘did itself no favours’ by actively campaigning for the Indigenous voice to federal parliament – something his airline participated in.

Glenda Korporaal

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The Daily Telegraph Saturday 18 January 2025 Bradfield - Election Chatswood Warren Mundine has lost the Liberal Preselection for Bradfield to Gisele Kapterian.Picture Thomas Lisson

Role in voice ‘No’ campaign led to cancellations: Mundine

Warren Mundine claims his appearances at the AACTA festival have been cancelled as a direct result of his role in the campaign against the Indigenous voice to parliament.

Paige Taylor

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Professor Dr. Megan Davis, international indigenous rights attorney, visiting professor at Harvard Law and soon to be announced as a Companion of the Order of Australia. Photographed at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 23, 2025. Picture: Jason Grow

‘Community heroes’: Indigenous voice architect pays tribute to grassroots public service

Megan Davis remains optimistic that there is a way forward after the failure of the voice.

Paige Taylor

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - January 24, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

No regrets: Albanese wants another go as Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese has refused to acknowledge regrets or mistakes made since the 2022 election and launched a defence of Labor’s response to rising anti-Semitism, his role in the defeated Indigenous voice referendum and failure to lower power bills by $275.

Geoff Chambers

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 7, 2023: PM Anthony Albanese cast his vote for The Voice at Marrackville Town Hall with his son Nathan. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Albanese refuses to admit Indigenous voice mistakes

Anthony Albanese has rejected criticism and refused to admit he made mistakes in proceeding with the Indigenous voice referendum, saying he had fronted the media and the public frequently over his decisions.

Rhiannon Down

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Wyatt’s home truths on reform

Time for a new approach that draws its strength from the centre

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Protest outside Dumas House in Perth over the approval of the extension of WA's largest fossil fuiel project. Picture: Save our Songlines

Climate protesters swarm premier’s office

Climate activists have held a snap protest outside a premier’s office over the approval of the largest gas plant in the southern hemisphere.

Alexandra Feiam

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