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.
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The government will introduce the legislation for the referendum, with the wording of the question, before the end of March. This will be followed by a parliamentary inquiry lasting at least six weeks.
This constitutional reform process may be ‘unorthodox’, but it’s entirely appropriate.
Former deputy NT chief minister Marion Scrygmour has laid blame on the NT government for not acting after the federal alcohol bans expired mid-last year.
Nationals leader David Littleproud said the party didn’t believe the Voice would “genuinely close the gap”
Tunisia’s democratic backslide demonstrates how autocrats can use constitutional cover to entrench authoritarianism.
Some Australians have dismissed a Voice to Parliament as inconsequential. That argument is mistaken.
While some parts of eastern Ukraine have been under partial Russian control since 2014, other sections continue to fight back. Most residents overall have said they don’t want to be part of Russia.
Last month, the government published the Indigenous Voice co-design final report. However, ways to ensure First Nations self-determination remain lacking in the strategy.
A public consultation process sought feedback on design options for the Indigenous Voice to parliament. Our analysis shows the findings of these sessions.
After the Brexit referendum, the most-Googled question in the UK was ‘What does it mean to leave the European Union?’ Five years later, we still don’t have the full answer.
Plus, how researchers have discovered a biological switch that can turn neuroplasticity on and off in the brain. Listen to episode 13 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
With unrest deepening between pro-independence and loyalist groups, the instability in the French province should be of concern to its near neighbours, including Australia.
For the first time in the US, a ballot measure will ask voters whether to restore wolves to a place where they’ve been eradicated. Coloradans have strong views on both sides.
Can’t make up your mind in the recreational cannabis referendum? You’re not alone, so here’s some tips from both sides of the debate to help you decide.
The voices of recreational cannabis users are curiously missing from the official debate about legalisation.
Barbados is avoiding a referendum on whether to remove the Queen as head of state – is that a good idea?
With a month to until polling day on October 17, the 2020 general election defies conventional analysis.
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".
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.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University
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Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University
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Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies and Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University
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Professor of Constitutional Law, Monash University
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Professor, Australian National University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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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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Assistant Professor of Oncology at the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Statistics and Probability, University of Sussex
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Professor of International Security, Jean Monnet Professor of European Security, National University Odesa Law Academy