What's Indigenous sovereignty and can a Voice extinguish it?
The concept of sovereignty goes back millennia – for many different cultures. What does it mean in Australia today?
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The concept of sovereignty goes back millennia – for many different cultures. What does it mean in Australia today?
At the referendum on October 14, Australians will be asked to vote 'yes' or 'no' whether to alter the constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice.
Pamphlets written by politicians and published by the AEC have put the official case for a yes and no vote. They were not independently fact-checked before publication, so Guardian Australia has added notes to the full essays to help you make better sense of them
The official Yes and No documents have been published online to give Australian voters an insight into each side's case before the referendum later this year.
As attorney general Mark Dreyfus introduced the bill to the House of Representatives on Thursday morning, it was a starkly contrasting scene looking across the chamber.