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A retiring NZ MP has suggested joining Australia – we should at least think about it (before saying no)

Big policy ideas usually don’t come up in parliamentary valedictory speeches – they’re for saying goodbye and thank you. So departing Labour MP Jamie Strange was the exception last week when he made a case for New Zealand and Australia becoming one country.

The Conversation

What a 20th-century German intellectual can tell us about the Voice debate

Perversity, futility and jeopardy. How do these three frameworks, identified by an influential economist, offer insight on the Voice to Parliament?

Crikey

'It's the right thing to do': Campaigners in favour of Voice to Parliament make their case

"We owe this to ourselves and we owe it to our kids."

Newcastle Herald

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"I can't imagine why anyone would say No": Yes campaign hits the Hunter

Thomas Mayo says most Australians support an indigenous advisory body.

Newcastle Herald

The ACT has had its own 'Voice' for 15 years, and things might be about to change

The ACT's 15-year-old 'Voice' has delivered 'real change'.

The Canberra Times

Newcastle is Australia's 'Goldilocks' city

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Newcastle Herald

Racists in the No camp? What a shocking discovery

The No campaign is riddled with racism. That’s not surprising, given its logic is fundamentally racist.

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Time to stop pussyfooting on the Voice, Albanese, and put on the gloves

There’s no time for dragging our feet, say Crikey readers. This is an opportunity to listen to this land’s First Nations peoples — we can’t let it fail.

Crikey

If the Voice fails, what happens next?

The world is watching. If the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum fails, Australia’s international reputation will justifiably be trashed.

Crikey

Labor, Albanese and the Voice slide in Resolve poll; Fadden byelection preference flows

A federal Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted August 9–13 from a sample of 1,603, gave Labor 37% of the primary vote (down two since the July Resolve poll), the Coalition 33% (up three), the Greens 11% (steady), One Nation 5% (down one), the UAP 2% (up one), independents 10%…

The Conversation

Online Abuse Towards Indigenous Australians Is On The Rise Ahead Of The Voice Referendum

"Indigenous Australians have been carrying a heavy personal load as this campaign has progressed."

Pedestrian.tv

The colour of his skin

Australian Jewish Association head David Adler has been slammed for posting ‘grotesque’ and ‘disgusting’ slurs over the colour of journalist Stan Grant’s skin, and a group of former Labor heavies has urged PM Anthony Albanese to push harder to get Julian Assange home before he dies.

Crikey

Qantas throws weight behind Voice with travel for 'yes' campaigners

Qantas is providing travel for the Yes23 campaign and the Uluru Dialogue teams “so they can engage with regional and remote Australians”.

The Conversation

The right’s No campaign harbours a dangerous, hidden agenda

The rise of conspiracies without theories isn’t just civic vandalism — it’s a threat to our democracy and the future of the country.

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The Conversation

Accentuate the negative: why the Liberal Party's fondness for 'no' might ultimately backfire

The Coalition is attempting to claim it supports a legislated Voice to Parliament because it “is important in the way it may close the gap and the way it may improve the lives of indigenous people”, but that a Voice protected by the Constitution – on which Australians will vote…

Newcastle Herald

'For the better outcome': two views on how things run in Newcastle

'I believe we are ... witnessing a grassroots revolt'

Newcastle Herald

Women players deserve same pay as men

'The female athletes just get on with it, they definitely do not roll around and grimace as if both their legs are broken.'

Crikey

Hanson wrong to say MPs would have to consult the Voice to Parliament

The solicitor-general and other constitutional law experts say neither Parliament nor the government would be under any obligation to consult the new body — despite what the One Nation leader claims.

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The Conversation

Word from The Hill: Voice proponents and opponents draw succour from heritage backdown; ALP toughens Palestine policy to placate party; more questions follow Lehrmann inquiry

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

The Conversation

'No' to the Voice takes lead in Essential poll; huge swing to Libs at WA state byelection

A national Essential poll, conducted August 2–6 from a sample of 1,150, gave “no” to the Indigenous Voice to parliament a 47–43 lead, reversing a 47–43 lead for “yes” in this poll in early July. While Newspoll and Resolve polls had given “no” a lead in June, this is the…

The Conversation

WA Premier Roger Cook says 'sorry' as he dumps Aboriginal cultural heritage law

The Western Australian government, announcing it is backing down on its controversial law to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage, has apologised to the people of the state for getting it “wrong”.

Crikey

Peter Dutton’s Garma karma

As home affairs minister, Peter Dutton blocked high-priority grant requests to prevent crime in some Indigenous communities in favour of projects in Coalition seats, and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis makes big news by admitting Donald Trump didn’t win the 2020 election: ‘Of course he lost.’

Newcastle Herald

Blackbutt reservations: how happy are the reserve's critters?

'I believe the wombat should be retired immediately.'

Crikey

A No vote is a No vote. A legislated Voice will be an insult — and a cop-out

If the Voice to Parliament referendum is defeated, to institute one anyway would be anti-democratic.

The Guardian - AU

PM will push national cabinet for public holiday if Australia make final – as it happened

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