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In this podcast, Redbridge Group CEO Kosmos Samaras joins The Conversation to dig into the research on voters attitudes so far
History is on the “no” side. Only eight of 44 referendum questions have been carried since federation
In this podcast, we are joined by the campaign director for Yes23, Dean Parkin, and former deputy prime minister John Anderson
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and South Australian senator Simon Birmingham discuss the Voice, the Aston byelection defeat and "where to now?" for the Liberal Party
Recognition is about sovereignty, or how political authority is distributed. It can be transformative — not merely a symbolic step.
There are many ideas on how Indigenous recognition can be achieved in line with the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We need to keep exploring them until we find one that will work.
The Indigenous Constitutional Voice has been miscast by mischievous politicians as quasi-separatism. Australians were frightened by the inference it was not just illiberal, but un-Australian.
Grattan and Martin on the year that was, in politics and economics
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Michelle Grattan sits down with The Conversation's economic editor Peter Martin for a chat about the year that was, and to answer readers' questions.
As the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister, Ken Wyatt is widely respected in first peoples communities, but by the same token, the expectations on him are very high.
Anthony Albanese says an Indigenous Voice must be enshrined in the Constitution, making it difficult to see how he and Scott Morrison will be able to agree on a referendum question.
Michelle Grattan speaks with University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Deep Saini about the government’s plans to put forward a referendum to recognise Indigenous Australians in the Constitution.
It would be another miracle if the Morrison government managed to have a referendum passed to give Australia’s Indigenous people constitutional recognition.
Ken Wyatt on constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians
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Ken Wyatt says he is "optimistic about achieving [constitutional recognition] because...Australians will generally accept an opportunity to include Aboriginal people" and that he will work with "naysayers".
Ken Wyatt, the Minister for Indigenous Australians, announced plans to hold a referendum to enshrine constitutional recognition of Australia’s Indigenous peoples during this parliamentary term.
The myth of ‘the Queensland voter’, Australia’s trust deficit, and the path to Indigenous recognition
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Today, an election-themed episode about some of the biggest policy questions Australia faces, featuring Indigenous academic lawyer Eddie Synot and political scientist Anne Tiernan.
To finally succeed, the idea of an Indigenous voice to parliament must be argued as one that is fundamentally democratic.
As he joins the Australian Republican Movement at its 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Malcolm Turnbull will surely have a rueful thought for what might have been.
The University of Canberra’s acting vice-chancellor Frances Shannon and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
For the more modest aim of delivering steady, competent government – well, it’s no wonder Malcolm Turnbull is raging.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, University of Canberra
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Professor of Political Theory & Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Professor, the McKinnon Institute for Political Leadership, Monash University
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Vice Chancellors Chair Australian/Indigenous Belonging, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Indigenous Health, Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne CSHE, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emerita, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney