A Voice to Parliament will not fix every problem facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. But it is an important step towards moving the nation to truth telling and beyond.
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The Voice to Parliament is an advisory body, which means neither parliament nor the government is legally required to give effect to its representations.
We asked readers what they would like to know about the Voice to Parliament. We’re asking our experts, and will post their responses here.
Right-wing opposition of the Voice to parliament has been dominating the so-called ‘no’ campaign. First Nations communities calling for more detail and more discussion also have reason to oppose it.
The current draft wording is the model most consistent with Australia’s current and historical constitutional practice.
The sad reality is that if the demands of these early activists had been met nearly a century ago, we would not be suffering the severe disadvantage that hovers over Aboriginal lives still today.
If the 2023 referendum fails, it will at least in part be due to the shortcomings and spoiled hopes of 1967.
Decades of government Indigenous Affairs policy has not delivered. A new approach is needed. Policy-making informed by Indigenous lived experience through a Voice to parliament may be the answer.
Multicultural communities could be crucial to the Voice referendum, given their size and breadth. The ‘yes’ campaign will need to mobilise at the grassroots level to be successful.
Comparisons of national polls over an eight-month period show support falling only among Coalition voters. This may not be fatal to the referendum’s chances, but it is serious.
This constitutional reform process may be ‘unorthodox’, but it’s entirely appropriate.
In their 1881 petition, Aboriginal people from the Maloga mission who sought greater freedom from missionary control called for the government to grant them their own parcel of land.
The challenges in Alice Springs shot to prominence just as the debate about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum is becoming more difficult for Albanese.
Anthony Albanese maintains “honeymoon” period approval ratings, but support for the Voice to Parliament has slipped.
Albanese stressed the need for co-operation across levels of government and announced the federal and NT governments had appointed Dorrelle Anderson as Central Australian Regional controller
There has been much debate about the “details” of the Voice to Parliament, but the referendum is on the principle.
Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party didn’t believe the Voice would “genuinely close the gap”
The Uluru Statement from the Heart will give us new meaning to the expression.
The intent to keep the Voice to Parliament amendment away from the courts and under the purview of parliament sets it apart from all other options for Indigenous recognition.
Some Australians have dismissed a Voice to Parliament as inconsequential. That argument is mistaken.
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