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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he would not change his approach to the Voice to Parliament if he had his time again, shifting blame for the falling support to the negative “noise” and the lack of bipartisanship on the issue.

American multimedia firm Snap has partnered with the Australian Electoral Commission to encourage Australians to vote in the upcoming referendum on in...

According to opinion polls earlier this year, it appeared as though the proposed Voice to Parliament was headed for a win.

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has used her National Press Club address to demand the government axe the Voice to Parliament referendum and instead seek treaty with Indigenous communities.

As debate about the Voice to Parliament referendum heats up, Aboriginal activists have called into question whether the proposal will go far enough to assure Indigenous sovereignty.   

Voice to Parliament No campaigner Warren Mundine has accused the Yes camp of twisting his previous public statements to suggest he supported the Indigenous advisory body.

Does being the first to reach a piece of land give you special rights? And are those rights collective and inherited? That is the question Australians are gearing up to answer in a referendum.

When I studied philosophy at university (and yes, that was a long time ago now!) we were taught to always look for the “unexamined assumption”.

(1) Background: Aboriginal women have a higher mortality from cervical cancer, yet cervical screening rates are lower than for other Australian women. (2) Methods: A randomised controlled trial of reminder letter vs. phone call/SMS for routine cervical screening testing in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in NSW. (3) Results: 256 women aged between 25 and 74 who were due for cervical screening were randomised to receive a reminder letter (and up to two further letters for n...

Sarah Henderson has accused the Albanese government of prioritising an Indigenous Voice to Parliament over improving education outcomes for children in remote Aboriginal communities.