Indigenous
‘A place where Australia comes together’: All you need to know about the Garma Festival
Australia’s largest and most influential annual First Nations event begins in Arnhem Land at the weekend, with the Voice to parliament the central talking point.
- by Jack Latimore
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‘Not a gotcha moment’: Yes advocates back Albanese in treaty stoush
Yes campaigners attempted to defuse two days of questions from the federal opposition about whether the creation of a Voice would then lead to a treaty.
- by James Massola, Paul Sakkal and Angus Thompson
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Indigenous Voice
Draft changes to ALP platform point to treaty move this term
The Coalition ramped up its attack on the Voice to parliament during question time, portraying the referendum as the start of an ambitious treaty agenda.
- by Paul Sakkal, Angus Thompson and James Massola
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Education
Indigenous experience of colonisation mandatory under school history overhaul
Indigenous Australians’ perspective of European colonisation will be taught to all year 7 to 10 students under proposed changes to the NSW history syllabus.
- by Lucy Carroll
‘What happened to Veronica should never happen again’
Veronica Nelson’s partner and legal experts are calling for urgent bail law reform to prevent further Indigenous deaths in custody as a year-long wait looms for changes.
- by Jack Latimore, Broede Carmody and Rachel Eddie
The Indigenous crisis that is ringing alarm bells at the AFL
Fewer Indigenous players have been recruited on a year-by-year basis since 2020, prompting new AFL boss Andrew Dillon to examine strengthening the league’s diversity policies.
- by Caroline Wilson
Foster, Goodes slam FIFA over ‘empty’ Indigenous symbolism at Women’s World Cup
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags are flying at FIFA’s match venues in Australia – but the world governing body has been accused of co-opting Indigenous imagery and failing to walk the talk.
- by Vince Rugari
More than 30 per cent of Territorians are Indigenous. How do they see the Voice?
A schoolteacher and film director set out on a journey across remote communities in the NT to hear about the Voice - and think about their own decision.
- by Jack Latimore
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Indigenous justice
We all know about the stolen generations. We didn’t always hear about those who opposed the law at the time
An ambitious truth-telling project outlines the ‘bucketloads of law’ that dispossessed First Nations people – and also the white dissenters at the time.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Indigenous Voice
The Voice can’t be silenced by Dutton’s Trumpian tone
Australians voted yes in 1967 because they understood it was the right thing to do. Will 2023’s yes vote be derailed by Trumpian tropes and nonsensical arguments?
- by Geraldine Brooks
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Indigenous Voice
NSW slip into No camp puts Voice on track for defeat
An exclusive survey has found most NSW voters support the No campaign for the first time and just 31 per cent of Australians expect the Yes vote to succeed.
- by James Massola