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Voice failure won't end progress on Indigenous issues

Progress on closing the gap for Indigenous people won't be impaired by the voice referendum failure, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.

AAP

Dutton and Marles send mixed signals over next step in reconciliation amid referendum fallout

Opposition leader says symbolic recognition in constitution is still Coalition policy but it will be ‘some time’ before a new referendum

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes to Australia’s voice to parliament

Polling catchments where Indigenous Australians form more than 50% of the population voted on average 63% in favour of the voice

The Guardian - AU

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Referendum only chance to set up Indigenous voice: PM

Anthony Albanese says the government will walk away from future attempts at setting up an Indigenous voice if the referendum fails.

AAP

Aussies urged to 'stay strong' with heated voice debate

Aboriginal senator Malarndirri McCarthy says Australians can build a better country as research reveals the extent of discrimination against Indigenous people.

AAP

‘Biggest danger’ named, as Indigenous Voice bill passes Parliament

Debate on the Voice bill drew opposition and sometimes inflammatory rhetoric from opposite poles of the political spectrum.

The New Daily

Over to you, Australia: Indigenous campaigners hope voice debate is now respectful, not racist

Politicians have passed legislation enabling the referendum, likely in October. Now it’s up to the general public to make history

The Guardian - AU

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Australia's Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months

Australia’s Senate has voted for a referendum to be held this year on creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advocacy body to give the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policy

The Independent UK

Referendum legislation passes 52-19 to applause but Lidia Thorpe condemns 'assimilation day'

The legislation to enable the Australian people to vote in a referendum for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has passed the Senate by 52 to 19.

The Conversation

Parliament endorses referendum on Indigenous voice

Australians will vote in a referendum later this year to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and enshrine an Indigenous voice in the constitution.

AAP

Voice shouldn't be treated as political issue: senator

Moderate Liberal Andrew Bragg has hit out at opponents of the voice for saying it would bring race into the constitution.

AAP

Voice campaigner calls for overhaul of the National Indigenous Australians Agency ahead of Uluru Statement anniversary

The Uluru dialogue six years ago led to the Statement from the Heart and, ultimately, the upcoming referendum that could deliver constitutional change.

ABC News

Senators Malarndirri McCarthy and Lidia Thorpe clash over 'black money' funding NT police initiatives

Labor frontbencher Malarndirri McCarthy calls a fellow Indigenous senator a "disgrace to your people" in a fiery exchange about funding for First Nations initiatives at Senate estimates.

ABC News

Jacinta Price calls for federal takeover of child protection, claims Indigenous kids being sent back to abusers

Coalition senator echoed Peter Dutton’s accusations of child sexual abuse in Alice Springs and reiterated her opposition to the voice

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Voice to help people past 'despair and hopelessness'

Two Northern Territory senators are at odds about what a voice enshrined in the constitution would mean for remote and regional Indigenous communities.

AAP

Remote dialysis to end long treks for outback patients

A new federal program will bring dialysis clinics closer to home in remote communities, so people don't have to travel thousands of kilometres for treatment.

The Guardian - AU

‘Dog act’: NT police minister reacts angrily to Peter Dutton’s claims of Alice Springs child sexual abuse

Traditional owners call opposition leader’s claims ‘insulting’ and Labor demands he stop using the town as ‘a political football’

ABC News

Noel Pearson accused Peter Dutton of 'preparing the grave' to bury the Uluru Statement, after Liberals reject Voice proposal

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson likens the Liberal leader Peter Dutton to "an undertaker preparing the grave to bury Uluru", after the federal Liberal Party rejects the proposed Voice to Parliament.

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Greens senator Jordon Steele-John calls on Australia to question AUKUS pact as Jacinta Price continues to rail against Voice on Q+A

The former secretary of the US Navy and South Australia's premier take Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John to task over him questioning Australia's relationship with the USA and the AUKUS agreement.

The Guardian - AU

Closing the Gap: more than $420m to be spent on water, housing and food security

Labor unveils ‘practical action’ plan to be delivered through partnerships with Indigenous communities

ABC News

On the 15th anniversary of the apology to the Stolen Generations, federal government unveils $424 million Closing the Gap plan

The federal government acknowledges there has been an "enormous failure" in attempts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, as it unveils a fresh national plan and hundreds of millions of dollars of funding.

ABC News

Senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Malarndirri McCarthy share truths of alcohol abuse amid Alice Springs crisis

A political whirly-whirly has spun from Central Australia into Canberra's Parliament House – now Australia has to once again reckon with the hard reality of alcohol abuse in the nation's red centre.

AAP

More work needed before alcohol ban opt out: senator

Ahead of key meetings with community leaders, an NT senator says it would take time before Indigenous communities opt out of alcohol bans.

ABC News

NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles, Senator Jacinta Price in war of words over alcohol bans

Northern Territory senator Jacinta Price has introduced legislation to the federal Senate which would see alcohol bans reimposed on remote communities and town camps, prompting an angry reaction from the NT government.

AAP

NT senators tell of family impacts of alcohol abuse

As debate continues on alcohol bans in the NT, both of the territory's senators have shared emotional stories of the impact of alcohol in communities.

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