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‘Our hearts are open’: Australians head to the polls for historic voice to parliament referendum

Despite surveys favouring the no campaign, yes backers remained hopeful as they battled for votes at polling booths on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

First Nations lawyers voice their cases for 'yes' vote

On the eve of the referendum on a First Nations voice to parliament, two respected Indigenous legal experts have prosecuted their arguments for 'yes'.

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Referendum mental health toll on First Nations communities won’t ‘miraculously’ ease on Saturday

Racism, trauma and an expectation First Nations peoples should educate others on the Voice referendum have led to increased psychological stress, an expert says.

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Some states already have Indigenous advisory bodies. What are they, and how would the Voice be different?

This weekend, Australia will vote on the enshrinement in the Constitution of the Voice to Parliament.

The Conversation

Change is slow, but once in a while there is a tipping point. The voice is one of those moments

The Uluru Statement from the Heart came with an invitation to walk with First Nations people. A couple of years ago I set off on a journey to do just that

The Guardian - AU

Canada’s National Parks Are Colonial Crime Scenes

Many see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as untouched nature is unrecognizable to Indigenous people

The Walrus

What is Australia’s historic voice to parliament proposal?

The country will head to the polls to decide whether to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution with a First Nations advisory body. So how did Australia get here?

The Guardian - AU

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Voice misinformation like Mabo scaremongering: Grant

For Western Arrernte journalist Karla Grant, covering constitutional recognition is nothing new but she says the voice referendum has brought out an ugly side.

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‘The history of the climate movement is very white’: how youth campaigners took on a mining giant and won

Murrawah Johnson and Monique Jeffs have been awarded a Young Voltaire human rights award for their victory over Waratah Coal’s Galilee basin coal project

The Guardian - AU

The Voice could advise on how to address natural disasters like bushfires

After three wet years, bushfire season has begun again. We have been warned this season could be a bad one.

The Conversation

Who is Wab Kinew, Canada’s first First Nations premier of Manitoba?

In a historical first, a member of Canada’s First Nations community has become the leader of Manitoba province.

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Yesterday, I was a No. Today, I’m a Yes. Here’s why

I feel compromised to write Yes — I’ll be voting with Rio Tinto. But I’m reluctantly writing Yes because I believe we can build power for transformative change beyond the referendum.

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Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier elected in Manitoba

Voters elect Wab Kinew, 41-year-old leader of the leftwing New Democratic party and a former rapper and broadcast journalist

The Guardian - US

How might the First Nations Voice to Parliament referendum affect Australia's international reputation?

In late September, American rap legend MC Hammer made a spectacular intervention into Australia’s upcoming referendum to establish a Voice to Parliament for First Nations people. In a tweet, he urged Australians to “repair the breach”.

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The Voice debate is an act of violence. But I’m still voting Yes

Only Indigenous peoples should be voting on a matter like the Voice to Parliament. But we can’t — and therein lies a dangerous tension.

The Conversation

Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don't protect species for their cultural significance

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton, both prophet and protagonist, has made his division manifest

But being relentlessly negative won’t convince undecided and disengaged voters you are worth a look. It is not a strategy for winning back the teal seats

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'The boss of Country', not wild dogs to kill: living with dingoes can unite communities

Aside from humans, dingoes are Australia’s largest land-based predator. They are arguably our most maligned, misunderstood, and mismanaged native species.

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‘If I could vote twice, I would’: the multicultural communities saying yes to the voice

At a Ballarat forum to discuss the referendum, the sentiment is clear: ‘we can feel what the Aboriginal people are feeling’

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‘Nothing has been explained’: remote communities deprived of information about the voice, residents say

As early voting gets under way, First Nations people around the country say they still lack details about the referendum

Newcastle Herald

State governments responsible for injustices

The First Nations people begging for equality makes me ashamed of my country.

The Conversation

Is it ethical non-Indigenous people get to decide on the Voice? Is it OK for one group to have rights others don't? An ethicist weighs in

Australians will soon be asked to vote on whether we should “alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice”.

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A Melbourne Uni Is Under Fire For Hiring Non-Indigenous Academics To Lead Aboriginal Studies

The university is facing an "exodus" of First Nations staff amid allegations of systemic racism.

The Guardian - AU

Saying colonisation had no negative effects on First Nations people is dangerous denialism

Deniers look past decades of evidence and facts to spout ill-informed ideological views. I say to them, look a Stolen Generations survivor in the eye

The Conversation

The Voice: how do other countries represent Indigenous voices in government?

One of the claims advanced by the “no” campaign in the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament is that “there is no comparable constitutional body like this anywhere in the world”.

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