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Lidia Thorpe's defection from the Greens will make passing legislation harder for Labor

Senator Lidia Thorpe announced on Monday that she would be leaving the Greens. Thorpe had split with the Greens over the Indigenous Voice to parliament, which she opposes.

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Indigenous senator quits party over Australian referendum

An Indigenous senator in Australia has quit the minor Greens party in a disagreement over a referendum to be held this year that would create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

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View from The Hill: Lidia Thorpe quits Greens, going to crossbench to promote 'Blak Sovereign Movement'

Victorian Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe has defected from the Greens to sit on the crossbench, declaring she wants to fully represent the “Blak Sovereign Movement” in parliament.

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Lidia Thorpe Has Quit The Greens So She Can Keep Fighting For First Nations Sovereignty

"It has become clear to me that I can’t do that from within the Greens."

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Senator Lidia Thorpe quits Greens over divisions on Voice to Parliament

Senator Lidia Thorpe, the Indigenous spokesperson for the Greens and a vocal opponent of the Voice to Parliament, will quit the party after failing to find common ground with her colleagues.

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Lidia Thorpe quits Greens party to pursue black sovereignty

Victorian senator to join crossbench, where she ‘will be able to speak freely on all issues from a sovereign perspective’

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Push to refer Scott Morrison to privileges committee fails – as it happened

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How much has support for the Voice fallen? It depends on how you ask

Support for embedding an Indigenous Voice to parliament in the Constitution has fallen. The polls provide good evidence once you work out how to find it.

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Federal government holds out hope the Liberals and Greens will get on board with the Voice campaign

The Liberals and Greens are actively weighing up their positions on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, attempting to accommodate strong views among members as they head into the first parliamentary sitting week for 2023.

ABC News

Supercars' parking hit for Newcastle's inner city drives too many away

Letters: 'For a large number of people who live outside Newcastle East and work in the area they have to find alternative parking for the next two months.'

Newcastle Herald

On the eve of Parliament, Anthony Albanese sounds warning on Voice

Mr Albanese said on Sunday that constitutional recognition of Indigenous people through the Voice would lead to better practical outcomes.

The New Daily

Peter Dutton's Voice to Parliament questions may not be answered, says leading Uluru Statement author

Professor Megan Davis, who on Thursday met with the opposition leader as he mulls whether to support the Voice to Parliament, says some of his questions cannot be answered before the referendum.

ABC News

In A Massive ‘Up Yours’ To Dutton, Liberal State Premiers Have Backed The Voice To Parliament

In a huge win for general decency, both state Liberal premiers have backed the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Their decision comes after weeks of Peter Dutton throwing spanners in the works as we head towards a referendum.In a meeting of the National Cabinet on Friday, all state and territory leaders…

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PM: Opponents are ‘trying to start culture war’ on Indigenous voice

Anthony Albanese says he hopes Australians will see through a "culture war" that is being drummed up on social media against an Indigenous voice to

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As we debate the Indigenous Voice to Parliament there is one word missing: Compassion

The Voice to Parliament speaks to politics. But there is also a deep ache of the soul. Surely any consideration of justice for Indigenous people begins with compassion for suffering, writes Stan Grant.

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Enshrining the Voice gives best chance for Closing the Gap, Albanese says

Enshrining a constitutional Voice to parliament will bring better practical outcomes and give the best chance for Closing the Gap, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will say in a major address on the referendum on Sunday.

The Canberra Times

'Not an Albanese magic trick': Dodson on Voice

Senator Pat Dodson calls for bi-partisan on a Voice to parliament.

Newcastle Herald

Cardinal Pell's funeral was a fresh affront to church abuse victims

Over two and a half hours, the full panoply of ritualistic church grandeur was deployed. There was no sign of chastened restraint, only defiance.

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The Voice referendum: how did we get here and where are we going? Here's what we know

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed that sometime between August and November this year, the Australian people will go to a referendum for the first time since 1999.

ABC News

Barnaby Joyce says Labor hasn't released the wording to enshrine the Voice to Parliament in the constitution. Is that correct?

Barnaby Joyce says Labor has not released the detail of the wording change to the constitution for the Voice to Parliament. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Coles and Woolworths ordered to dump more than 5,200 tonnes of soft plastic into landfill – as it happened

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Grattan on Friday: Chalmers attracts some flak for blue sky ideas but the government has bigger problems

Jim Chalmers likes to say we need national “conversations” about the economic issues facing the country. Now, just as the new parliamentary year is set to begin on Monday, Chalmers has bought himself a doozy of a conversation, with his essay advocating we embrace “values-based capitalism”.

ABC News

Indigenous people to be explicitly recognised as 'First Peoples of Australia' in proposed constitutional change

A fourth sentence explicitly recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional owners of Australia could be added to the constitution if a referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament succeeds.

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Peter Dutton commits to continue to meet with Voice referendum working group

The opposition leader vows to continue to meet with Indigenous leaders helping to shape the looming Voice to Parliament referendum, after talking with the group for the first time.

The Canberra Times

Peter Dutton to meet Voice to Parliament referendum working group

Mr Dutton will have an opportunity to hear from many members of the working group, made of Indigenous people and legal experts, on the details on the Voice to Parliament.

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