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The debate over the revised wording of the Voice amendment misses a key point: this is a referendum like no other

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How will WA's vast landscape and wide array of Indigenous viewpoints affect how it votes in Voice referendum?

A former state premier says the Voice referendum is a risk "we don't need to take". How will Western Australia's unique landscape and entrenched Indigenous disadvantage affect how it votes?

ABC News

Australia decides on the referendum question to create a greater say for Indigenous

Australians will vote sometime between October and December on the referendum that would enshrine in the constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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What will Australians be voting on in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum?

The proposed wording of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum question has been announced, but what is required of voters? And when are Australians expected to vote?

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'We're all in', declares an emotional Albanese as he launches the wording for the Voice referendum

An emotional Anthony Albanese, flanked by members of the referendum working group, has released the final proposed wording of the question to be put to Australians to incorporate an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Constitution.

The Conversation

Labor's Manuel Brown says support for a Voice to Parliament in Arafura helped secure by-election win

Labor's Manuel Brown made his first public appearance in Darwin following last night's Arafura by-election victory.

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CLP members back 'school farms' policy idea for troubled young people as 'last chance opportunity' to avoid youth detention

Rank-and-file members of the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party have passed a motion that would see children sent to farms to operate machinery and assist in the operation of a slaughterhouse as an alternative to youth detention.

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Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price denies party split over Indigenous Voice to Parliament after Lawson Broad's resignation

The Northern Territory senator has denied her party is fractured over the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite conflicting positions held by the rank-and-file, parliamentary party and outgoing president.

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Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad quits over party's opposition to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party president Lawson Broad says he was "strongly opposed" to the recent announcement that the party's rank-and-file members had voted to back the 'No' campaign in the upcoming referendum.

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South Australia set to become first jurisdiction with Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The South Australian government is aiming to have an Indigenous Voice to Parliament up and running before the national referendum, and supporters are hoping it will serve as an example for the proposed federal body.

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Indigenous Australians both hopeful and anxious about a Voice to Parliament

Artist Uncle Danny Eastwood hopes an Indigenous Voice to Parliament will help educate people across Australia, but some people are uncertain about how it will work.

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Ken Wyatt calls on Peter Dutton to give Liberals a conscience vote on the Voice to Parliament

Former minister for Indigenous Australians and 'Yes' campaigner Ken Wyatt and senior 'No' campaign leader Warren Mundine discuss key issues on the Voice referendum.

ABC News

Yes campaign for voice launches with $5m donation

The "yes" campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament has launched, receiving the single largest known donation for the case to be put to a referendum.

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Yes campaign for Indigenous Voice to Parliament launches with announcement of multi-million-dollar donation

A multi-million-dollar donation will be used for resources and community events as the Yes campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament gets underway.

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NT opposition leader urged to oppose Indigenous Voice by senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

The CLP's leader in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, Lia Finocchiaro, has previously indicated her parliamentary team could vote in favour of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament even if the rank-and-file members oppose it.

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Just remind me, what is the Constitution?

There are good reasons to be sceptical about recent polling on the Voice referendum

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Where No meets Yes

Opponents of a constitutionally enshrined Voice warn of many of the features that most attract its proponents

The Conversation

Our research has shown Indigenous peoples' needs cannot be understood and met, without Indigenous voices

Opponents of an Indigenous Voice to parliament say the Voice is merely symbolic and another pointless layer of bureaucracy. They say that what is needed are “practical measures”.

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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

The Conversation

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.

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.

ABC News

Peter Dutton to meet with Uluru Statement from the Heart architects over Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum

Architects of the Uluru Statement from the Heart will use a meeting with Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to make the case for why the Liberal Party should support this year's referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

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‘It tells the story that we’re not good enough’: why isn’t an Indigenous creative agency selling the Voice?

A non-Indigenous ad agency got the contract for the Yes campaign. Indigenous creatives say this misses the point of an Indigenous voice.

The Conversation

Federal Labor MP warns Alice Springs crime crisis is impeding Voice debate

The debate over enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution is being impeded by the Alice Springs crime crisis, according to the Indigenous Labor member for the Northern Territory seat of Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour.

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