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Newcastle, here's why we should take control of our cruise destiny

Letters: 'Start rattling some cages and making noise'.

Newcastle Herald

Can a ‘Trumpist’ approach to politics work in Australia?

In one of their typically literary sketches, 1990s comedy duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie asked if Adolf Hitler’s fanatical racist oratory would have been as charismatic if delivered in English.

The Conversation

Why it's important to get down to business on 'serious' airport boards

Letters: 'Is it any more 'serious' than other boards?'

Newcastle Herald

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Winning time must start now for new-look Jets

Letters: 'We have the right to demand a winning team'.

Newcastle Herald

Not to throw shade, but we need more of it at revamped playground

Letters: 'It's a waste if people cannot use the park'.

Newcastle Herald

For sake of the city, just get on with the job

Letters and Short Takes: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Newcastle Herald

The Voice defeat set us all back. And since then, our leaders have given up

It’s one year since the failed referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution.

The Conversation

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'Lasting change' needed one year from referendum defeat

One year on from the voice referendum defeat the prime minister says the government is focused on "practical reconciliation".

AAP

Failure to launch: why the Albanese government is in trouble

It wasn’t meant to be like this.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: As the anniversary of the Voice vote nears, the high costs of Albanese’s misjudgement are clear

This time a year ago, we were on the cusp of the October 14 Voice referendum. Most players were already aware it was doomed. Less understood was just how far-reaching would be the impact of what, in retrospect, was a massive miscalculation by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

The Conversation

Liberal candidate used separate social media account under fake name

The Liberals have distanced themselves from Darren Roberts' social media posts.

The Canberra Times

New on Peacock September 21-27: our expert picks 4 new TV shows coming to Peacock

Our expert picks four new shows coming to Peacock during the week of September 21-27.

WhatToWatch

'Unfair': Elected Body rejects claim ACT's 'voice' is irrelevant

Body's chair acknowledges challenges, rejects First Nation Party claims.

The Canberra Times

The death of printed newspapers has long been predicted – but there are still some pleasing signs of life

This piece is part of a series on the Future of Australian media. You can read the rest of the series here.

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Sweeping changes for public service under CLP

The Country Liberal Party ministry has been sworn in ahead of sweeping changes to the Northern Territory public service.

The Conversation

Why are Australians so reluctant to change our constitution?

The proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament was the first attempt to add Indigenous recognition to the Australian Constitution. Despite what appeared to be encouraging early opinion polls, support declined as the campaign proceeded. The result, as we know, was a resounding failure.

The Conversation

Truth telling or economic development? To deliver for Indigenous people, the government must do both

In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended the Garma Festival and announced the government’s new Indigenous policy direction. This agenda rises from the ashes of the Voice to Parliament referendum, almost a year after it was voted down.

AAP

Candidates hope Top End voters are independent thinkers

A swag of independent and Greens candidates could upset safe seats as polling day arrives in the Northern Territory.

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Friday essay: how an unholy alliance of the separatist left and reactionary right rejected the Voice’s ‘sensible middle way’

If the 1999 republic referendum got crushed by an “unholy alliance” between monarchists and direct electionists, the Voice referendum was repudiated by an unprincipled union between the separatist Indigenous left and the reactionary right – though the right’s opposition was more electorally impactful.

Tom’s Guide

I spent the weekend with GPT-4o Advanced Voice — it’s even better than I expected

OpenAI’s Advanced Voice in ChatGPT lets you have a human-like conversation with an artificial intelligence assistant and after a weekend with the AI, it is even better than the demo.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Pat Turner on Indigenous empowerment, Closing the Gap, and future Indigenous leadership

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s address to the weekend Garma festival had a different tone from last year’s, when the Voice referendum was approaching. The Prime Minister is resetting policy, moving the focus to the economic empowerment of Indigenous communities as a path to reducing Indigenous disadvantage and “closing the gap”.…

The Conversation

I studied how rumours and misleading information spread on X during the Voice referendum. The results paint a worrying picture

When the Australian public voted last year on whether to change the Constitution to establish an Indigenous Voice to parliament, it came after months of intense and sometimes bitter campaigning by both the “yes” and “no” camps.

The Conversation

First Nations poets offer a post-referendum path to peace. They invite us to stand together in suffering before moving forward

Despite the unsettling advancement of weapons technology in the 21st century, storytelling remains a powerful force for promoting conflict resolution and peace. First Nations poetry of peace is a continuation of millennia-old Indigenous practices to maintain or restore balance in our worlds through storytelling.

Newcastle Herald

Thanks for serving the public and offering a strong voice of dissent

Letters: 'He has always kept the ratepayers informed'.

The Conversation

We found opposition to the Voice is linked to poorer Indigenous health. And in some regions, the link is striking

A majority of Australians voted “no” to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. But if we dig deeper into the data from the 2023 referendum, there is more to learn, especially about the health of Indigenous Australians living in communities with strong opposition to the Voice.

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