The prime minister says he does not want a repeat of the failed 1999 republic referendum,signalling few details on the Voice before a public vote.
Anthony Albanese wants bipartisan consensus on an indigenous Voice to parliament but a growing number of Liberal MPs have reservations.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s first speech to parliament underscored the challenge for the government,which wants to hold a referendum on an Indigenous Voice as early as next year.
The lesson is to treat voters with the respect they deserve as the ultimate sovereigns of our constitutional order.
The new opposition leader is right to insist that a First Nations constitutional Voice must deliver practical results,and it will,argues a former vice president of the Liberal Party.
Referendums in this country are not for the faint-hearted. We have work to do – but we know we have wide support for a First Nations Voice to federal parliament.
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.
The PM was quick to shut down the prospect of a national vote as an Indigenous-led campaign to make the referendum an election issue was launched.
The landmark call to action will be heard across the country as an Indigenous-led campaign seeks to elevate the Voice to Parliament as a key election issue.
The Greens hope whichever party wins the election will consider their plan to postpone an Indigenous Voice in favour of truth-telling and treaty-making.
Both major parties have been urged to commit to a referendum on an Indigenous Voice in the next term of parliament,with two key dates being put forward.