We could be voting on voice within year
Anthony Albanese has announced Australians will go to a referendum on the Indigenous voice as early as July 1 and the historic vote will be held no later than June 30, 2024.
Anthony Albanese has announced Australians will go to a referendum on the Indigenous voice as early as July 1 and the historic vote will be held no later than June 30, 2024.
It will be a brave parliament that ignores or chooses not to follow it.
Peter Dutton wants to ‘remain open-spirited and generous-minded’ about an Indigenous voice but he is demanding more answers from Labor on how the body would work.
What concerns me is the fact that senior QCs will not go on the record. These lions of the Bar will not put their name to a point of view for fear of ostracism and financial suffering.
Generations of First Nations people have tried to influence, educate, cajole, beg, explain and justify ourselves to successive governments. Enough and no more.
Anthony Albanese has given his clearest indication yet of how an Indigenous voice might operate by citing the Torres Strait Islands’ elected local authority as an example of a voice that already exists.
At a time of debate about an Indigenous voice to parliament, we seem to have a city-centric government doing the opposite.
The broadcaster’s 7.30 host took issue with the Opposition Leader for daring to ask for some detail on a Voice to Parliament.
If only those designated with the label “woke” really were “woke” – alert and alive to reality – they might heed Price’s words.
We can, and must, increase our political and individual awareness of the real needs of all those who call Australia home.
ABC Indigenous Affairs editor sparked a serious escalation in the debate about the implications of a voice to parliament.
The new NT senator is in a powerful position to help shape the model.
My experience while in Moree showed me that goodwill and support abounded. If the Yes vote for the voice wins, will it still be like that?
Adam Bandt wants more radical agendas on climate change and the voice to parliament … and he’s building a false narrative to justify it.
Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney insists the government is in no rush to finalise a timetable for the Indigenous voice referendum.
Anthony Albanese will put a ‘simple’ yes-or-no question to a referendum to create an Indigenous voice in the Constitution but with politicians retaining the power to define its functions.
Janet Albrechtsen once again sheds light on the dim opacity of the left.
It’s often said Anthony Albanese is not a great orator – but on the first day in Parliament as PM, he found fluency on a topic close to the heart.
It matters that professors Marcia Langton and Tom Calma have worked to advance understanding of the potential form and function of the Indigenous voice.
Those who argue for the development of a more detailed model are, consciously or unconsciously, motivated by a desire to sabotage the process.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/indigenous-voice-to-parliament/page/64