The ‘no’ side is successfully engaging young people on TikTok by combining volume (posting multiple TikToks a day) with authenticity, use of personal narratives and humour.
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Articles on Voice to Parliament referendum
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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.
It might sound like difficult terrain, but ideas of nationhood can be progressive as well as regressive, and could help bind Australians ahead of the Voice referendum.
Three political scientists update us on the Voice campaign and how it’s tracking in the news, on social media and in the polls.
The “yes” and “no” cases have outlined their arguments to be sent out to Australian voters. Here, legal experts examine the claims by both sides to see if they stack up.
This week on Word from The Hill, @michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the coming date for the Voice referendum, the Intergenerational report and Labor's national conference
A Productivity Commission report released this week highlighted the continued lack of agency First Australians have - even though a comprehensive framework is already in place to try to Close the Gap
Waging a war on ‘woke’ on issues from climate change to Anzac Day, the right-wing answer to ‘GetUp!’ is leading the ‘no’ vote against a Voice to Parliament.
The broad-ranging criticism is contained in the commission’s first review of the 2020 “National Agreement on Closing the Gap”
For those who promote ‘no’ to the Voice, ATSIC is either an example of why we don’t need a Voice, or of government duplicity not to be trusted.
While the ‘yes’ case relies on the authority of experts, the ‘no’ case hopes that sheer weight of arguments will win votes.
The parliamentary week showed that if the government is to maximise the chance of a “yes” vote, it needs to sharpen its performance – in particular, that of Linda Burney.
The vote took place with the public gallery crowded with supporters, and was received with long applause.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Party continues to deal with the fall-out from last week’s accusations against Senator David Van.
In this podcast, Le canvasses the challenges her constituents are facing with the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the curfew placed on her electorate during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
While a loss would have a negative impact for the opposition leader, especially in teal seats he needs to win, it would have more serious challenges and consequences for Albanese
We need a richer account of democracy within which to locate the Voice, to lift the quality of public debate about it.
In order to combat racism and misinformation, it is vital for non-Indigenous people to have informed conversations about the referendum with those around you.
It’s important to understand that a First Nations consultative body such as the Customary Senate doesn’t pose a ‘threat’ to democracy or the rule of law.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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2024 Oxford University visiting research fellow RIJS; Professor of Political Communication., La Trobe University
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Honorary Professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University
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Translational Fellow Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Director, La Trobe Asia, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Professor of History, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Research assistant, The Kids Research Institute Australia
