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Explainer: 59 years on - the significance of the 1967 Referendum
On this day in 1967 a referendum delivered a major shift in Australian politics...
Giovanni Torre 27 May 2026
Truth‑telling is a human right, and Australia has a legal duty to deliver it
Australia stands at a turning point. The defeat of the 2023 Voice Referendum did...
Scottie Campbell 28 Apr 2026
Redneck jamboree: racism 'prevalent after referendum'
Racism remains prevalent after the failed voice referendum gave Australia permis...
Abe Maddison 24 Mar 2026
Media Diversity Australia Symposium - Call for First Nations-focused education in media
Journalists and academics have urged stronger First Nations-focused education in...
Alexandra Giorgianni 17 Oct 2025
'That is what our people want' - Constitutional recognition not off the table, Megan Davis says
Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is no...
Jarred Cross 14 Oct 2025
Family takes AEC to court over alleged racism during Voice Referendum

An Aboriginal family who lodged a Federal Court racial discrimination claim against the Australian Electoral Commission in July, alleging they were subjected to racist treatment on the day of the 2023...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 14, 2025
Two years on from Voice referendum 'the status quo remains'

Two years on from the vote on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and constitutional recognition of First Peoples, Voice campaigners say they will not walk away from efforts to realise what it set out...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 14, 2025
Fifty years since 'The Dismissal': The long march of courage

Almost fifty years ago, on a spring morning in 1975, the Australian experiment in democracy came undone. On the steps of Parliament House, Australia's 21st Prime Minister—Edward Gough Whitlam&md...

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Jesse J. Fleay Oct 13, 2025
“We are capable of anything”: First Nations leaders unite in Chile to share culture and strength

Since 2021, Chile has celebrated the diversity of its nation through the commemoration of National Indigenous Peoples' Day. Held on June 20 this year, the date depends on winter solstice in the Southe...

Maria Marouchtchak Maria Marouchtchak Jun 24, 2025
New Reconciliation Australia national survey shows strong support for reconciliation but also rise in reports of racism

New data from Reconciliation Australia shows strong public support for reconciliation and truth-telling, but also a rise in Indigenous people reporting experiences of racism.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 24, 2025
Dutton backtracks on Indigenous recognition referendum for second time

Coalition leader Peter Dutton has seemingly backtracked on his own proposal for a referendum recognising First Nations people in the constitution, as well as ones for four-year parliamentary terms and...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 31, 2025
Voice referendum led to increase in hostile levels of racism - report

The Voice referendum saw First Nations people experience increasingly open and hostile levels of racism—much of it in the media and online, a report has found.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 6, 2025
Dutton plans audits of Indigenous programs, return of cashless debit card

A full audit into spending on Indigenous programs and a royal commission into sexual abuse in Indigenous communities would be enacted by a new coalition government, opposition leader Peter Dutton says...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 12, 2025
The emerging global political order is a threat to Australian society

We are on the verge of a new global political order, and it is bad for Australian society, and our economy. President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have told the world about their policy mandate fo...

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Jesse J. Fleay Nov 14, 2024
Political 'bad behaviour' killed Voice referendum

The failure of the 2023 referendum that sought to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution has been pinned down to disinformation, racism and political bad behaviour, two promine...

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Keira Jenkins Oct 25, 2024
Remote Territorians felt disenfranchised after Voice referendum defeat, Chansey Paech says

Former Northern Territory attorney general Chansey Paech says many Indigenous Territorians felt disenfranchised going into the recent NT election.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 15, 2024
On the anniversary of the Voice's defeat, what has changed for First Nations people?

Indigenous affairs in Australia are at its lowest ebb in modern history, one of the leaders of the Uluṟu Dialogue says on the one-year anniversary of the defeated Voice to parliament referendum.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 14, 2024
ReconciliationWA community event to reflect on Voice Referendum one year on

ReconciliationWA is inviting the community to come together to share and reflect one year on from the Voice Referendum. The organisation said this week that the past year has been one of change, refra...

Rhiannon Clarke Rhiannon Clarke Oct 12, 2024
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