Tag: Voice to Parliament referendum
What does history tell us about the Coalition's proposal for a second referendum?
While most repeat referendums fail, it is possible to succeed if the referendum proposal is altered or untethered from an unpopular element.
7 rules for a respectful and worthwhile Voice referendum
Unfortunately we’re a bit out of practice in how to conduct ourselves in a referendum. These seven rules may help.
Voice referendum: is the 'yes' or 'no' camp winning on social media, advertising spend and in the polls?
Three political scientists update us on the Voice campaign and how it’s tracking in the news, on social media and in the polls.
Why the 'yes' campaign should embrace the politics of nationhood
It might sound like difficult terrain, but ideas of nationhood can be progressive as well as regressive, and could help bind Australians ahead of the Voice referendum.
How do the 'yes' and 'no' cases stack up? Constitutional law experts take a look
The “yes” and “no” cases have outlined their arguments to be sent out to Australian voters. Here, legal experts examine the claims by both sides to see if they stack up.
Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday
This week on Word from The Hill, @michellegrattan and @amandadunn10 discuss the coming date for the Voice referendum, the Intergenerational report and Labor's national conference
Grattan on Friday: Albanese government should be selling Voice as part of its wider framework for reducing Aboriginal disadvantage
A Productivity Commission report released this week highlighted the continued lack of agency First Australians have - even though a comprehensive framework is already in place to try to Close the Gap
What are 'Advance' and 'Fair Australia', and why are they spearheading the 'no' campaign on the Voice?
Waging a war on ‘woke’ on issues from climate change to Anzac Day, the right-wing answer to ‘GetUp!’ is leading the ‘no’ vote against a Voice to Parliament.
Governments are failing to share decision-making with Indigenous people, Productivity Commission finds
The broad-ranging criticism is contained in the commission’s first review of the 2020 “National Agreement on Closing the Gap”