The proposal for a Voice to Parliament was Australia’s first attempt to add Indigenous recognition to the constitution. The result was a resounding failure.
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Shireen Morris worked for 12 years, with Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson, to achieve Indigenous constitutional recognition, building on decades of Indigenous advocacy. What happened?
Indigenous Australians living in areas with stronger opposition to the Voice have poorer health and are less likely to access health care.
The country will vote on two proposed constitutional amendments that seek to end political instability in the country.
From a lack of bipartisan support to other concerns such as rising cost of living, a complex array of reasons contributed to the Voice referendum’s failure in October 2023.
The Northern Territory’s Indigenous population predominantly voted ‘Yes’ to a Voice to Parliament. Despite the referendum’s ‘No’ outcome, the Northern Territory is making moves to self determination.
Transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby appears to be the only winner of the Chadian constitutional referendum.
In the end, the “yes” case failed to answer two basic questions: what was the problem to be solved, and how would the Voice help solve it?
The result was definitive, a major rebuff for Anthony Albanese and, more important, for the many Indigenous Australians who had put their hopes in what was always a long shot.
The ‘no’ vote defeating the referendum is just one part of a long political journey for First Nations people. What went wrong for the ‘yes’ campaign, and where does Australia go from here?
Our election analyst lays out the current projections across the nation.
Voice supporters are not looking for division, but rather a desire to play a role in the future of a nation that accepts it’s our country, too.
What we are already hearing today from those leading the “no” campaign is an echo chamber of Trumpist sentiments for his supporters and acolytes in Australia.
Marcia Langton is a woman who says what she thinks, and then some.
Like Langton, Price gives no quarter.
Unfortunately we’re a bit out of practice in how to conduct ourselves in a referendum. These seven rules may help.
It would have amazed campaigners from 1967 to see people today wearing outfits that overtly describe the movement.
The last time the country voted in a referendum on Indigenous affairs was in 1967. Advocates for the ‘Voice to Parliament’ say it is the best way to remedy a long legacy of failed policies.
We looked at two ads for the “no” campaign, and two for “yes”, to see how effective their communication strategies have been.
The ‘yes/no’ pamphlets we’ve seen today and in past referendums may not be the most effective way of informing voters.
Parliament missed an opportunity to ban misinformation and disinformation during the referendum campaign.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies, Australian National University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling
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Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Chair of Applied Political Science, Coventry University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate professor, Durham University
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Professor of International Relations, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy
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