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Legislation is an unsatisfactory way to institute a Voice to Parliament because, among other reasons, it would make the body insecure and vulnerable to the whims of different governments.
In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and Professor Marcia Langton discuss the Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition for First Nations Australians
The Uluru Statement from the Heart calls for truth-telling as a crucial step towards reconciliation. What does this process involve, and what are the potential promises and pitfalls?
Peter Dutton’s success in holding the Liberal show together has been strictly limited. And it has come at the cost of deepening the division in the country.
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
Voters will justifiably ask why they should vote for a form of recognition opposed by the people who are to be recognised.
After a special party meeting to decide the Liberals’ position, Dutton accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of “dividing the country”.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has hardened his rhetoric criticising the Voice proposal in recent weeks
In the lead-up to the Voice to parliament referendum, we’re seeing constitutional change is possible. If the Voice is successful, Australia could next consider separating us from the monarchy.
Imagine the impression sent abroad if voters defeated a proposal for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander body to advise the federal parliament and government
In a simply worded question, Australians will be asked to approve altering the Constitution “to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice”.
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.
Sabah Rind’s great-grandparents, a Baloch-Afghan cameleer and a Muslim Badimiya Yamitji woman, had to battle the White Australia policy and the Aborigines Act 1905 in the course of their daily lives.
In this podcast, Michelle talks with Malarndirri McCarthy, Labor Senator for the Northern Territory and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians
This constitutional reform process may be ‘unorthodox’, but it’s entirely appropriate.
The committee includes four Indigenous members and two former ministers
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
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.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW
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Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary Studies, and Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, Director, The (so-called) Australian Centre, The University of Melbourne
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Indigenous UNSW and Professor of Law, UNSW ; University of Pennsylvania
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Archaeology and Biological Anthropology, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland