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Have you ever felt that feeling of awe of the beauty and abundance of this country? I have felt it. But that moment is always followed by a feeling of sorrow.

There has been a clear trend since the 1980s towards more favourable public attitudes on Indigenous issues. The reason? A better-educated citizenry.

NACCHO Chair Donnella Mills congratulates and thanks Senator Rachel Siewart for her 16 years of service advocating for Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Five decades ago, Neville Bonner was the first Indigenous Australian sworn into our Parliament. He said, 'for far too long we have been crying out, ...

The simple truth is that a legislation-first approach to establishing a Voice without constitutional protection is bad policy. And it is not true to the Uluru Statement.

"The government's well-considered and targeted Closing the Gap investment represents a partnership with Indigenous Australians which will help empower...

Date Time 87% public submissions support Indigenous Voice 87% of public submissions published to date in response to the Indigenous Voice Interim Report support a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, as called for in the Uluru Statement, analysis by the Indigenous Law Centre (ILC) based at UNSW Law and Justice finds. Analysis by the UNSW Indigenous Law Centre (ILC) finds 82% of public submissions expressly support constitutional enshrinement of a Voice to Parliament, and a further 5...

The government earlier this year released a discussion paper exploring how an Indigenous Voice to government might work. The Voice to government is not the same as the Voice to parliament that the Uluru Statement from the Heart proposed in 2017. This is because the government doesn’t support the Uluru idea of a distinctive Indigenous body enshrined in the constitution. Instead, it prefers a body set up by an act of parliament. The government of the day could change its powers, or even aboli...

Date Time An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why As a ‘Voice’ that would allow Indigenous Australians to have a say in parliamentary and government decisions that affect them takes shape, it is vital it be enshrined in our Constitution. Photo: AAP/Dan Peled This year has already seen significant progress in the government’s commitment to establish a body – a “Voice” – that would allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a say...