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Voice to Parliament
National Affairs
Timing, and other referendum obstacles
Peter Brent
29 September 2023
History shows that the merits of the question are secondary considerations in any referendum vote
Essays & Reportage
Self-determination works. The next step is the Voice
Laura Rademaker and Ian Anderson
29 September 2023
It’s time for the Constitution to recognise the benefits of empowering Indigenous communities
Books & Arts
The collaborators
Andrew Ford
27 September 2023
How pianist Paul Grabowsky benefited from the generosity of the Wilfred brothers and other Indigenous musicians
Essays & Reportage
Odyssey down under
Tom Griffiths
8 September 2023
A new kind of history is called for in the year of the Voice referendum. Here’s what it might look like.
National Affairs
No diversion unticked
Peter Brent
31 August 2023
A more responsible party leader wouldn’t have joined in a ridiculous debate about ticks and crosses
Essays & Reportage
The “end” of Labor’s honeymoon and the “collapse” of women’s support for the Voice
Murray Goot
25 July 2023
How Newspoll reports public opinion and how the
Australian
reports Newspoll
National Affairs
Yes and No: the official (but curiously incomplete) cases
Tim Rowse
19 July 2023
Neither of the Voice to Parliament pamphlets rises to the occasion
Essays & Reportage
“Undecided” on the Voice
Murray Goot
20 June 2023
Depending on the choices pollsters offer, the undecideds range all the way from none to two-thirds of respondents
National Affairs
Losing ground?
Murray Goot
9 June 2023
Support for the Voice may not have dropped as much as the latest Newspoll suggests
National Affairs
The referendum’s lines in the sand
Tim Rowse
19 May 2023
If the parliamentary committee is any guide, representation and risk have become the sharpest dividing lines in the Voice debate
Essays & Reportage
From Indigenous recognition to the Voice, and back again
Murray Goot
15 May 2023
There are signs of a shift in strategy by the Yes forces, but are the polls keeping up?
National Affairs
Peter Dutton’s no-payoff gamble
Peter Brent
18 April 2023
Neither result in the Voice referendum will benefit the opposition leader
National Affairs
Albo room
Tim Rowse
27 March 2023
The debate over the revised wording of the Voice amendment misses a key point: this is a referendum like no other
Books & Arts
Where No meets Yes
Tim Rowse
14 February 2023
Opponents of a constitutionally enshrined Voice warn of many of the features that most attract its proponents
National Affairs
Peter Dutton’s questions
Tim Rowse
23 January 2023
Have critics overlooked what the opposition leader
didn’t
ask?
National Affairs
Price and Pearson, uneasy allies?
Tim Rowse
23 December 2022
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Noel Pearson’s clash over the Voice masks a more complicated picture
National Affairs
The Voice: not enough “meat on the bone”?
Tim Rowse
27 September 2022
Are fears of a repeat of the 1999 republic referendum influencing the campaign for an Indigenous Voice?
Books & Arts
A Liberal’s case for the Voice to Parliament
Tim Rowse
9 July 2021
Andrew Bragg is on the right side of the debate, but the gaps in his argument are revealing
Essays & Reportage
The 1967 referendum: inspiration or burden?
Tim Rowse
27 May 2021
The overwhelming Yes vote still grips our imagination
National Affairs
Drawing history into the present
Harry Hobbs
16 March 2021
Victoria takes up the challenge of truth-telling
Essays & Reportage
Is the Voice already being muted?
Tim Rowse
1 February 2021
As we enter stage two of the co-design process, the government seems already to be shaping the result
National Affairs
The referendum conundrum
Peter Brent
20 August 2019
Attempts to change the Constitution often fail, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying
National Affairs
Indigenous affairs: how we’re choosing by not choosing
Michael Dillon & Neil Westbury
19 June 2019
We should all be aware of the great cost of inaction
National Affairs
Looking forward to constitutional reform by looking back at Uluru
Gabrielle Appleby
22 January 2019
The Uluru Statement’s plan for an Indigenous Voice should be put to a vote as soon as possible
National Affairs
Towards an Indigenous Voice
Gabrielle Appleby
1 August 2018
The Uluru Statement from the Heart is beginning to have an impact in Canberra
National Affairs
Compounding a long history of betrayal
Tom Griffiths
31 October 2017
Malcolm Turnbull is the latest leader to rebuff carefully developed Indigenous proposals
National Affairs
Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement misunderstands Uluru, and should be rejected
Gabrielle Appleby
27 October 2017
The proposed Indigenous voice to parliament is nowhere near as radical as the government portrays it