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The referendum result left states and territories to pick up the mantle of agreement-making with First Nations people. While there’s been some progress, many efforts have stalled or gone backwards.
No campaigners said the Voice wasn’t the right solution, that they had better alternatives. In the 12 months since the referendum failed, no one’s offered any real solutions.
There is a new type of political messaging strategy in town – and it needs urgent attention.
A survey released by the Australian National University has reinforced that October’s referendum might have passed if it had been confined to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.
The slumping polls show how damaging the heavy defeat of the Voice referendum and continuing cost of living pressures have been to the prime minister and Labor.
Endorsements from celebrities and businesses can be the kiss of death in a referendum campaign – as can failing to negotiate a cross-party consensus.
Voice supporters are not looking for division, but rather a desire to play a role in the future of a nation that accepts it’s our country, too.
Our research has found the ‘yes’ side has been generating the lion’s share of Voice content in the media and social media over the past six weeks, but is still trailing in the polls.
What should our museums collect from the sea of information and imagery to represent how Australians feel about the referendum?
One ‘no’ video was reposted more than 10,000 times by WeChat users, while a ‘yes’ video from the Victorian Labor Party was shared only 25 times.
If the referendum is lost of October 14, the prime minister will have to quickly pivot to the role of healer-in-chief.
Two big ethical questions have emerged during the Voice to Parliament campaign: is it fair non-Indigenous people will get the majority say? And is it fair one group will get something others don’t?
Australia must go to the polls to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Some of us have never voted in a referendum, here’s what you need to know.
South Australia has become the first state to create a state Voice to Parliament. Its design gives us an insight into how a national body might operate.
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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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Honorary Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Adelaide University
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Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, and Co-Director of the Macquire University Ethics & Agency Research Centre, Macquarie University
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJ, The University of Melbourne
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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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Senior Lecturer, Griffith University
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Director, La Trobe Centre for Global Security, and Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow at Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Humanities and Director of the ANU Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato
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Senior Lecturer, Adelaide Law School, Adelaide University