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.
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.
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.
Megan Davis remains optimistic that there is a way forward after the failure of the voice.
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.
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.
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Climate activists have held a snap protest outside a premier’s office over the approval of the largest gas plant in the southern hemisphere.
An Indigenous leader with Australia’s first state-based Voice to Parliament has decried the continued struggles of First Nations people.
SA’s Voice is set to make its inaugural presentation to state parliament — the first of its kind in Australia. But the legislation, giving Indigenous leaders the right to address cabinet and departmental chiefs, has already sparked backlash.
Anthony Albanese recycles disastrous voice tactics, this time risking an even greater failure over renewable energy.
Talk to anyone outside the media bubble and they’ll tell you they saw Donald Trump’s comeback a mile off. These clear-eyed Australians clearly predicted the defeat of the Indigenous voice referendum, too.
Uluru Dialogue co-chair Megan Davis says the Albanese government did not give Australians enough time to be educated about the voice.
The inaction of the Albanese government since the defeat of the voice referendum makes you wonder if the government really wanted the Indigenous voice at all.
Instead of taking from the referendum the lessons of what went wrong and ensuring the same mistakes are not repeated, Labor is stuck on minority views of inner-city and Green electorates.
On the one-year anniversary of the failed referendum, Opposition Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Price has called for Yes proponents who ‘still want to deny the outcome’ to move forward.
The PM chose to stake his political career on the indigenous voice, and its defeat didn’t have to be his downfall. But the past 12 months have left no room for doubt: he does not have the character required to lead this country.
Prominent lawyers condemn claims a misinformation bill could have helped secure a voice victory, with one supporter alleging the Yes side pushed untruths.
It is not time, it never will be, to lament that the government did not support the voice by censoring its critics.
The separatist spirit of the voice to parliament lives on in thousands of the nation’s corporate action plans.
The voice represents a tragic saga for Aboriginal Australians. The wounds are still fresh – and there’s little sign of leadership to identify a way forward.
The former Labor senator says ‘people will have objections’ but her new party’s name Australia’s Voice is not associated with the defeated referendum for the Indigenous voice to parliament.
Let’s face it: 1973 and 1974, not 1788, better explains this long-scale traumatic hurt and human damage to Aboriginal Australia.
Australians backing the Indigenous voice to parliament felt ‘swept under the rug’ as Anthony Albanese’s referendum became an unmitigated disaster.
How Geoff Clark’s crimes and his ego poisoned Indigenous affairs all the way up to the Voice.
Public debate in Australia is not failing because of the odd insult. It is because we are more prepared to revile each other as liars than respect ourselves as genuine, if misguided.
Shireen Morris’s account fails to recognise where the troubled referendum went wrong.
From the moment the results of the voice referendum started coming in, politicians, advocates and commentators have been trying to rewrite history. The truth? Ultimately, the political right chose not to play ball.
Former Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney has dismissed the argument that ‘symbolic’ reconciliation must give way to ‘practical’ reconciliation.
In her valedictory speech to parliament, Linda Burney had an optimistic reflection on The Voice, saying it will be a “catalyst” for change.
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