What’s an Indigenous Voice to parliament? What are the steps to make it happen?

What’s an Indigenous Voice to parliament? What are the steps to make it happen?

An Indigenous Voice was the first key policy of the Uluru Statement. But what is a Voice and what does it look like?

  • byCameron Gooley andJack Latimore

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Outspoken Indigenous senator tells Coalition there are bigger issues than a Voice

Outspoken Indigenous senator tells Coalition there are bigger issues than a Voice

A newly elected Coalition senator said she’d consider Labor’s Voice proposal,but wants her colleagues to focus on other problems facing Indigenous communities.

  • byCameron Gooley
As a referendum approaches,will there be political unity on a Voice?

As a referendum approaches,will there be political unity on a Voice?

Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney has begun work towards a referendum on an Indigenous Voice. But will the Coalition and Greens cooperate with Labor?

  • byCameron Gooley
Albanese will ‘engage’ with East Timor as Dili signs deals with Beijing

Albanese will ‘engage’ with East Timor as Dili signs deals with Beijing

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he’ll increase foreign aid spending in the region,as China and East Timor agree to sign a series of new agreements.

  • byCameron Gooley
Anthony Albanese to live at The Lodge full-time as he governs from Canberra

Anthony Albanese to live at The Lodge full-time as he governs from Canberra

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will primarily reside in Canberra,unlike his Sydney-based predecessor.

  • byCameron Gooley
Australia’s oldest uni library overhauls how people use Indigenous resources

Australia’s oldest uni library overhauls how people use Indigenous resources

New protocols at the University of Sydney library will change how students,academics,and researchers access and use materials about Indigenous communities.

  • byCameron Gooley
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Linda Burney urges Peter Dutton to support Indigenous Voice

Linda Burney urges Peter Dutton to support Indigenous Voice

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney has used an annual oration to encourage opposition leader Peter Dutton to support constitutional change.

  • byCameron Gooley
First Nations people’s ‘act of grace’ deserves an Indigenous Voice:Albanese

First Nations people’s ‘act of grace’ deserves an Indigenous Voice:Albanese

The Labor leader says an Indigenous Voice to parliament will help define our future as a more equal country as he struck an aspirational tone in his National Press Club address.

  • byCameron Gooley
Indigenous health facing $4.4 billion funding gap:report

Indigenous health facing $4.4 billion funding gap:report

Equity Economics attributes $2.6 billion a year of the shortfall to the Commonwealth,with the rest largely reflecting lower private health expenditure.

  • byCameron Gooley
Support Indigenous Voice referendum,new campaign urges

Support Indigenous Voice referendum,new campaign urges

First Nations leaders advocating for an Indigenous Voice want to remind Australians the Uluru Statement was for the people,not politicians.

  • byCameron Gooley
Indigenous COVID-19 booster rates falling behind,new data reveals

Indigenous COVID-19 booster rates falling behind,new data reveals

Once prioritised for COVID vaccines given their vulnerable status,Indigenous Australians are slipping behind in the push to get booster shots,new data shows.

  • byNigel Gladstone andCameron Gooley