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A Voice to Parliament would advise the “executive government” – that is, ministers and the public service – on issues that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Indigenous communities have campaigned for the right to a permanent place in the country’s constitution. A crucial referendum looms. But have conservatives stopped listening?

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The denial of Anglo peoplehood -- indeed, the active dehumanisation of those who built this nation -- has been an alarming and all too frequent fixture of what passes for the Voice debate. If we are to achieve the fabled reconciliation of which we hear so much, it wont be until indigenous campaigners concede white Australians forebears did more than poison, evict and oppress

Indigenous communities have campaigned for the right to a permanent place in the country’s constitution. A crucial referendum looms. But have conservatives stopped listening?

As Australia approaches a pivotal referendum, voters face a critical choice: endorse a new chapter in the Constitution providing a "First Nations Voice" or leave it untouched. By Frank Brennan

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Crafted alongside the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council, it underscores the urgency of deepened engagement through listening, learning, and love, advocating for Indigenous justice and healing. By Andrew Hamilton

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Married Indigenous men should be allowed to be ordained as Catholic priests and the centuries-old rule of compulsory celibacy will “very likely” ultimately be changed by the Vatican, says Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge.