Indigenous progress front and centre after Voice fails Community & Social Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney said while she accepted the result of the Voice referendum, the pathway to closing the gap was not lost and she would unveil further measures to address disadvantage in the coming months.
Premium Insights and analysis Lacklustre advertising of remote Voice polling booths a ‘huge wasted opportunity’ October 5, 2023 By Anton Nilsson and Julia Bergin Community & Social Crikey-ICTV’s report on inadequate advice at remote polling booths spurred the comment it’s clear it ‘wasn’t planned through a cultural lens’.
Premium Insights and analysis No signs, no info, no idea it’s polling day — welcome to the Voice’s remote voter service October 4, 2023 By Julia Bergin Australian Capital Territory The AEC says it did ‘many months’ of community consultation to roll out remote voting. But no-one knew it was coming or that it was there.
Voice a chance to strengthen Indigenous agency, cut through Australia’s ‘bureaucratic haze’ September 13, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Marcia Langton calls for all Australian to strive towards the ideals First Nations people have honoured for millennia.
Voice is a practical measure that should lead to better governance September 1, 2023 By Sarah Joseph Culture The Voice is a measure that addresses existing division in the form of the pernicious gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
We must end the never-ending trail of political positioning and one-upmanship August 2, 2023 By Luca Belgiorno-Nettis Community & Social Helping inform Australians about the Voice would have been a golden opportunity to convene a citizens’ assembly.
Premium Columnists Taxpayer-funded lies about Indigenous peoples to go to every home July 18, 2023 By Bernard Keane Community & Social The No campaign section of the pamphlet is not merely incoherent and absurd; it recycles the offensive, racist lie of terra nullius.
Premium Insights and analysis Achieving practical results requires knowledge — and four other capacities May 1, 2023 By Geoff Edwards Editors' Picks Government capacities represent a chronic separation between high-minded ideals and the potential for practical implementation of the Voice.
Marcia Langton says ‘the bureaucracy’ has let Indigenous people down April 13, 2023 By Binoy Kampmark Culture Marcia Langton says a constitutionally enshrined representative body would negate the bureaucratic nexus plaguing Indigenous policymaking.
How Australia’s Indigenous population grew 25% in just five years April 11, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Community & Social The number of Australians who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander has increased dramatically in the past two censuses.
No excuse now for Voice fearmongering, says constitutional expert March 31, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Community & Social Dr Shireen Morris said the explanatory memorandum on the Voice gives a “clear explanation of what the constitutional amendment means”.
Voice and the existing range of government consultative processes January 23, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Culture There is already a range of consultative processes that exist within government departments. What would be the Voice’s relationship to them?
Premium Columnists A thought experiment on the First Nations’ Voice to Parliament August 19, 2022 By Tom Ravlic Culture An insertion into the Australian constitution of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament is something on which each person has the responsibility to come to a view.
Transforming into a truly inclusive society is hard but not impossible July 6, 2022 By Katie Moon and Katharina-Victoria Perez-Hammerle Editors' Picks If inclusivity is not possible within existing structures, the next step is to consider reform and/or taking the time to become more informed.