Premium Insights and analysis National interest? Voice truths forced to wrestle with puerile partisan intent Community & Social Hysteria, polarisation and identity politics have swirled around the Voice referendum debate. It has been a disheartening performance to observe, probe and question when the issues of substance at stake are so great.
To Australia, with love: Pat Dodson’s appeal to goodwill and substance October 12, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Senator Patrick Dodson says healing will be a first-order priority for the day after the referendum, no matter what the result is.
Will the Voice unleash a bureaucratic bogeyman? Noel Pearson doesn’t think so September 29, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal Pearson says that all the Indigenous community wants is the opportunity to talk directly with the powers that be across the table.
Referendum contest for hearts and minds strays into territory of thoughtless fear-mongering, contradiction September 27, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Warren Mundine has struggled to articulate exactly what legal risk changing the constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians poses.
Lawyers pour cold water on furphy the Voice is legally risky September 26, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The Law Council’s view is that the Voice constitutional amendment as proposed is constitutionally orthodox, just, and legally sound.
Responsive, agile workforce heart of employment white paper vision for economy September 25, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social An inclusive labour market focusing on needs for net zero, a growing care economy and the emerging tech industry are key points.
CPSU calls out public servants’ private rights to campaign on Voice referendum September 20, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social The union points to official workplace advice and boundaries. But is it OK to have a poster up or wear a T-shirt if you work from home?
Premium Insights and analysis Confronting Lidia Thorpe’s complaints about modern Australia amid the Voice debate August 22, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture There is something undeniably admirable and Australian about the uncompromising defiance of Lidia Thorpe and the hurt the senator carries.
Discourse that matters for proposed Voice is not equivalent to debating every issue, says Dreyfus August 21, 2023 By Melissa Coade Culture Attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has tried to clear up misinformation in the Voice debate, as referendum ‘No’ campaigners attempt to drag WA heritage law issues into the conversation.
Dreaming of a brighter future, Voice advocates call for Australia’s healing May 31, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Linda Burney has told an audience in Canberra the story of Australia is incomplete, starting with what the constitution does not acknowledge.
ACCC chair announces new sustainability taskforce, talks diversity March 8, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social Gina Cass-Gottlieb says the taskforce will build on the ACCC’s expertise and inform and coordinate the agency’s sustainability efforts.
NIAA to lead myth-busting for The Voice referendum March 3, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Community & Social The National Indigenous Australians Agency will play a leading role in fighting misinformation during the upcoming Voice referendum.
What all Australians need to understand to make our Voice heard February 22, 2023 By Peter Strong Community & Social For the Voice to happen, all must involve First Nations people, embrace their differences and treat them with respect, writes Peter Strong.
APSC reveals new gender pay gap data at senate estimates February 14, 2023 By Anna Macdonald Culture The gender pay gap in the APS could be reduced to close to zero if more men are in the lower classification bands, the APSC was told.