Indigenous Voice To Parliament

04-02-2023 - Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price pictured in Alice Springs. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Voice risks continuing a long history of failure

Many of the Indigenous leaders pushing Yes have had a seat at the power table for years, receiving hundreds of millions in grants. Never mind a voice, it’s time for an audit.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

EditorialEditorials

Trust is vital for an informed, but robust, voice to parliament referendum debate

Given the important decision that must be made regarding the planned referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament, being able to trust the information that is presented to voters is vital, especially on the big tech platforms.

Editorial

‘Implications everywhere’: VCIndigenous

UTAS Vice Chancellor Rufus Black at the universities city student accommodation facility. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

All Australian universities ‘should find voice of their own’

All universities and other civil institutions should use the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum to better involve Indigenous Australians in their own decision making, the University of Tasmania has flagged.

Matthew Denholm

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Google and Facebook have power to censor voice debate

Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will decide what content will appear on their platforms or be censored in the lead-up to the voice referendum.

Rosie Lewis

EXCLUSIVEMedia

ABC offers Indigenous voice to parliament ‘impartiality’ training

The ABC has taken the unprecedented step of reminding journalists they must be objective when reporting on the Indigenous voice to parliament ahead of the referendum.

Sophie Elsworth

commentaryInquirer

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, FEB 18, 2023.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney attend the Inner West BBQ for The Voice to Parliament at Petersham Park in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Recognise this – the Indigenous voice to parliament is a bad idea on so many levels

What Labor is proposing with its Indigenous voice to parliament constitutional amendment is a shadow government based on race.

GARY JOHNS

LettersLetters

Voice debate needs some detail to give the issue more substance

A separate referendum question on recognition ‘would provide the best possible choice for all voters’.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 22, 2023: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese made his first address of the year to the National Press Club of Australia, in Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese open to key voice to parliament concessions in Constitution

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flagged changing the draft constitutional amendment for the Indigenous voice to parliament so it cannot make representations to executive government.

Rosie Lewis

commentaryCommentary

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 20th ÃÂ 2023: The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in Perth today visiting the North Metropolitan TAFE, East Perth. Picture: NCA NewsWire /Philip Gostelow

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese must engage or see voice fail

The model is the essence of the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, yet Labor won’t discuss what it envisages for our system of parliament and government.

Paul Kelly

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EMBARGO FOR TWAM 27 NOV 2021. FEE APPLIES. Portrait of Noel Pearson at the 2019 Australian Law Council Dinner at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Picture by Sean Davey.

Noel Pearson’s vow if Indigenous voice to parliament referendum fails

Noel Pearson has declared he will ‘fall silent’ and ‘a whole generation of Indigenous leadership will have failed’ if the voice to parliament vote is unsuccessful.

Joanna Panagopoulos

ExclusiveIndigenous

Outgoing Australian Catholic University chief Greg Craven warns weaning univerisities off the Chinese student market will be like dealing with a "drug addiction" and elite sandstones are likely to swoop in on the mid-tier insitutions' students to fill the gap. After 13 years leading ACU, Professor Craven says he is happy not to face the major challenges facing the higher education sector. Top of that list is international students. ""The old system of relying international students is over, it's finished," he told The Australian. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Indigenous referendum Yes fanatics ‘risk silencing voice’

‘All or nothing’ faction of Yes campaign would rather see Indigenous voice to parliament fail if it does not reflect their vision, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese adviser claims.

Paige Taylor

EXCLUSIVEIndigenous

"The main quadrangle building of the University of Sydney, seen from the front lawns. Established in 1850, the university is the oldest in Australia and Oceania."

University students divided by Indigenous voice to parliament war of words

Indigenous voice to parliament referendum splinters debate among university students, as far-left opposers quash Labor-affiliated union campaigns.

Ellie Dudley

commentaryInquirer

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 13: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton makes a statement in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on February 13, 2023 in Canberra, Australia. Monday 13 February commemorates the 15th anniversary of National Apology Day, where former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to Stolen Generations survivors at Parliament House. (Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images)

Quietly, carefully, Peter Dutton starts to find his voice

The Opposition Leader has had an awakening — and has begun to assert himself as Labor’s agenda loses its gloss.

Dennis Shanahan

commentaryInquirer

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 26, 2023: A small crowd gathered at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, on the lawns of Old Parliament House, in Canberra to mark Invasion day. Ngunnawal boy, Tahlen Bell, 12 yers old, from Yass with the indigenous flag.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Voice: five practical and symbolic reasons for change

Let’s not squander our chance to advance these five key opportunities for the nation.

GABRIELLE APPLEBY and RON LEVY

analysisInquirer

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 8, 2023: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House Canberra.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Why Albanese had to back down on referendum stoush

There is a story within Labor’s inner sanctum that when presented with the reality, it took only 30 seconds for the PM to change his mind.

Dennis Shanahan

Chris KennyInquirer

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 08: Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price speaking on the NT Safe Measures Bill in the Senate at Parliament House on February 08, 2023 in Canberra, Australia. The Prime Minister of Timor-Leste Taur Matan Ruak will meet with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to discuss Australia's partnership with Timor-Leste and opportunities for strengthening our economic, security and regional cooperation. (Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images)

Voice detail lacking? 15 key questions answered

Labor has failed to do the hard yards of informed advocacy. So here is some clarity and light on the detail of the proposed Indigenous voice.

Chris Kenny

commentaryCommentary

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 06: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during Question Time in the House of Representatives on February 06, 2023 in Canberra, Australia. The political year intensified in Canberra on Monday as parliament sat for the first time for the year, with intense focus expected on the debate around the Voice to parliament. (Photo by Martin Ollman/Getty Images)

Indigenous voice to parliament remit keeps growing like Topsy

Now it’s a voice not just to parliament but to executive government, and cabinet as well. No one has the faintest idea what our ultra-activist High Court would do with all this.

Greg Sheridan

commentaryInquirer