Jade Ritchie News Today

Referendum ‘shifted Australia in the right direction’ despite failure in vote, one advocate says, as Indigenous leaders privately debate next steps

This year NITV’s The Point has been filming its Referendum Road Trip specials across the country in the lead-up to the Voice Referendum. The show’s host, WA-born Narelda Jacobs, reveals the mood on the ground.

Early voting in remote Indigenous communities starts next week, and with the Yes campaign still badly behind in published opinion polls, some fear the fight might already be lost.

Yes23 members to hold info session on the Voice in Tamworth.

With a war chest running into the millions of dollars, the Yes campaign is offering grants for community groups to hold local discussions.

Prime minister says ‘we have got to explain what it is about’ as he shrugs off polls showing slipping support

Marcus Stewart says he’s ‘not panicked’ over declining support for a yes vote, but concedes ‘we’re not making it easy for ourselves’

We speak to Phionna McInnes, who set up her own charity to help north east families access support for autism and other conditions.