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With the referendum on a First Nations voice fast approaching and racism on the national agenda after journalist...

With the referendum on a First Nations voice fast approaching and racism on the national agenda after journalist...

“Election manifestos have interested me ever since I was old enough to vote,” comments John Maiden.

The No side is getting more attention than the affirmative case for the Voice to Parliament referendum, media monitoring data shows.

The 2022 federal election delivered record results for First Nations representation in parliament. Ahead of the referendum, the ABC contacted the 11 politicians to hear directly from them what they think about a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament.

"The court's decision is disappointing to those of us who have fought for so long and so hard for recognition of the needs of our community and how best to meet them," writes a frustrated JULIE TONGS. 

“I commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.” With those 11 words, among his first as prime minister-elect, Anthony Albanese defined his term as the nation’s leader. Regardless of nearly everything else his government would or wouldn’t do, history would judge it on the extent to which it succeeds or fails to implement the Uluru statement’s three main demands: Voice, Treaty, Truth.

Julian Leeser has shifted his own dial in the Liberal Party, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.

The No vote sought by Peter Dutton will change the country – and could spell the end of the long reconciliation walk.

Stepping down to the backbench and going against the overwhelming view of your party on a critical issue takes a good deal of political courage.