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Friday essay: how an unholy alliance of the separatist left and reactionary right rejected the Voice’s ‘sensible middle way’

If the 1999 republic referendum got crushed by an “unholy alliance” between monarchists and direct electionists, the Voice referendum was repudiated by an unprincipled union between the separatist Indigenous left and the reactionary right – though the right’s opposition was more electorally impactful.

The Conversation

‘Don’t slam the door on the children’: Noel Pearson makes final pitch on voice referendum

Australia will find it almost impossible to tackle racism if the vote is no, yes campaign leader says

The Guardian - AU

Australia 'new nation' if voice referendum succeeds

The 'yes' and 'no' campaigns are making their final pitches on the eve of the referendum to establish an Indigenous voice.

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‘Shows you why we need a Voice, doesn’t it?’: Rachel Perkins and Noel Pearson in NT

This is not about politicians, says leading Yes campaigner Perkins: ‘If you don’t care, just vote Yeah!’

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‘All we have to do is vote yes’: Pat Farmer finishes epic 14,000km journey to boost voice support

Prime minister Anthony Albanese and leading yes campaigner Noel Pearson joined Farmer at base of Uluru for final leg of tour across Australia

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Netanyahu vows to ‘change the Middle East’, Noel Pearson’s fears for no vote, power cost relief

Indigenous leader says failure means ‘middle path’ to reconciliation will be gone, and falling wholesale prices expected to deliver cheaper electricity

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australia urges restraint in Israel-Palestine; Services Australia staff strike; and China’s shift away from the west

The Australian government has urged for civilian lives to be protected during Israel-Palestine conflict

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Opinion polls show Australians likely to reject Indigenous Voice to Parliament at referendum

Australians appear likely to reject a proposal that would create an advocate for the Indigenous population in a referendum outcome that some see as a victory for racism

The Independent UK

The voice debate has been a long fight – and the blows have landed hardest on First Nations people

At times it has felt like being a punching bag, belted about by unrelated resentments: about welcomes to country, perceived special treatment and nasty stereotypes disguised as jokes

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Jacinta Allan to lead Victoria; surging petrol prices fuel inflation; and the US government sues Amazon

Labor MPs elect Jacinta Allan to be premier, replacing the retiring Daniel Andrews

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous voice is 'not about race': Noel Pearson

Indigenous activist and spearhead of the 'yes' campaign Noel Pearson says the voice is about recognition and isn't about dividing Australians down racial lines.

AAP

Dally M awards 2023 red carpet – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: the fight to succeed Daniel Andrews, Football Australia’s secret privatisation plan, Albanese’s voice hopes

Prime minister tells Guardian Australia he’s still fighting for a positive vote, while Labor MPs contemplate the end of the Andrews era

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese tells Peter Dutton he will set up bipartisan committee to legislate on voice to parliament if yes vote succeeds

Speaking at the same Yes23 campaign launch in Sydney, Julian Leeser says ‘Australians aren’t a perfect people … but are good-hearted’

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‘Shut up! We’re trying to get you a Voice!’

The Yes camp is still talking down to Indigenous No advocates and doing the ‘make history’ thing. It will get better results by trying to get the vote — not change who people are.

Newcastle Herald

Noel Pearson says converting the 'soft nos' is the key to victory

Mr Pearson acknowledged many people still had unanswered questions.

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Australian media’s failure on the Voice is becoming too big to ignore

Australian journalists must rebuild their traditional strength of reporting from the outside in, ‘lifting their game’ on behalf of First Nations peoples.

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A Vote No Campaign Team Allegedly Told Volunteers To ‘Flat Out Lie’ & Spread ‘Misinformation’

A group for the Vote No campaign have landed themselves in trouble after leaks that they were instructing volunteers to play dodgy.

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese pushes for EU free-trade agreement settlement by end of the year – as it happened

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Newcastle Herald

Give credit and blame where it's due over the big Qantas handouts

'It wasn't the Albanese government that gave billions'

The Guardian - AU

Film-maker Martin McDonagh calls no campaign ‘rightwing swine’ for using scene in voice referendum ad

Response comes after Fair Australia shared clip from Seven Psychopaths with face of Anthony Albanese superimposed over gun-toting thug

The Guardian - AU

Yes campaign for voice to parliament will ‘maintain the love’, Noel Pearson says

Indigenous leader says yes camp’s message is one of ‘optimism’ in response to former PM John Howard’s call for no campaign to ‘maintain the rage’

The Guardian - AU

Couple who died in suspected mushroom poisoning remembered – as it happened

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Welcome to the whitelash: how an aggrieved refusal to learn is driving the No campaign

Now apparently past questioning the technicalities of the Voice, the No camp is back to its roots: riling against the recognition of Indigenous culture.

The Guardian - AU

Noel Pearson: the voice gives Indigenous people responsibility, so they will also have to wear blame

Yes vote campaigner says in Meanjin oration claiming the right to take responsibility is a ‘critical insight’ for Aboriginal policy

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