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On Saturday, Australians will decide whether to recognise First Nations peoples for the first time in the 1901 constitution and create an Indigenous advisory body - a so-called Voice - for policies that affect their communities.

A long fight for the Uluru Statement from the Heart will live or die when millions of Australians cast their vote. Polls suggest most people will vote against it.

As the Voice referendum draws to a close this weekend, polls suggest the “no” case will win by a substantial margin.

After 235 years of white ear-plug decision-making, let’s finally listen to the more than 80 per cent of Indigenous people who are asking for a Voice.

The terror attack on southern Israel is reverberating beyond the Middle East.

Pro-Palestine rallies will go ahead in Canberra, Perth and Brisbane on Friday, and more will take place in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide over the weekend.

Sometimes giving people their say can mean a lot of bad behaviour.

The Yes campaign’s reliance on six-month-old polling regarding Indigenous support for the Voice has drawn condemnation from the No campaign.

Police are threatening to invoke “extraordinary powers” against a Sydney protest this Sunday, which could include mass searches, enormous fines and terms of imprisonment.

Rachel Perkins has admitted she is nervous about the outcome of the Voice to Parliament referendum on Saturday, although emphasising that support for the proposal remained solid on the ground, contrary to recent negative polls.