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Stan Grant tells festival crowd the coronation leaves him underwhelmed at best

Grant explained that as a child he had to recite an oath of allegiance to God and the Queen, an act that was loveless and never felt right.

The New Daily

ABC's Tracey Holmes on being the first woman to host Grandstand, how far women in sport have come and how far still to go

Broadcaster Tracey Holmes reflects on being the first woman to host the iconic ABC radio program Grandstand, her 34-year career, how far women in sport have come and how far there is still to go.

ABC News

The right’s No campaign can’t see the painful contradiction in its ‘special rights’ argument

At the heart of the right’s No campaign lies a weird contradiction and it’s questionable whether it can even see it.

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Aboriginal legal service to create in-language radio amid lack of information on Voice to Parliament

An Indigenous legal service in WA is creating its own in-language radio explainers on the Voice to Parliament to share with remote communities, which it says are "the last lot to get information" from the government.

ABC News

Coronation pageantry fit for a king — but it’s not a fit for Australia

There’s sure to be lots of oaths shouted in Australia at the coronation of Charles, say Crikey readers — but perhaps not the official one.

Crikey

‘Simply No Time’: Liberal MP Denied First Nations Man Chance To Speak On All-White Voice Panel

“Four times, the mic went around. I kept putting my hand up. It’s like it was all played out that First Nations people weren’t going to have a voice that night.”

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Contest brews over sport versus politics for Voice vote

Sport and politics are colliding ahead of the Indigenous Voice referendum as politicians bicker about who should take part in the debate.

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Liberal MP tells voice discussion ‘simply no time’ to hear from Indigenous speaker

Discussion with Tony Abbott and News Corp columnist Joe Hildebrand, hosted by Coalition MP Jenny Ware, shut down after Indigenous man takes to stage

The Guardian - AU

Tony Abbott’s silence would be golden — but all voices on the Voice should be heard

It’s been four years since he lost his seat — and many Crikey readers wish the former PM had stopped thinking his opinions count.

Crikey

Is the Anzac Day spirit dwindling among the young

'A much younger relative accused the event of jingoism.'

Newcastle Herald

Funding for neutral referendum civics program

The program will provide neutral information about the upcoming referendum.

The Canberra Times

Federal government commits more than $1 million to Voice referendum education campaign

The funding for the civics campaign will be split between two organisations and used to create educational materials for digital platforms, libraries and other public institutions.

ABC News

The No campaign for the Voice to Parliament is winning the media battle

The Yes side’s most authoritative voices emerged as those with the fewest mentions over the first two months of the campaign.

Crikey

Michaelia Cash and the ‘far-right fringe’

Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash is accused of associating with the ‘far-right fringe’ after appearing on former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi’s Sky News show when the Voice to Parliament was compared with apartheid, and PM Anthony Albanese will publicly swear allegiance to King Charles III at Saturday’s coronation.

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Victorian Liberal MPs to have free vote in Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum

Victorian Liberal MPs will be free to cast a conscience vote in the Voice referendum, putting the state party at odds with its federal counterpart.

Crikey

All the places humble citizen Tony Abbott finds himself silenced

Tony is tired of not having a voice.

Crikey

Scott Morrison, jobseeker

Former prime minister and minister for everything Scott Morrison is reportedly talking to a UK defence company about a new job, and non-prescription vapes — including non-nicotine ones — will be banned in Australia.

The Conversation

Journalists reporting on the Voice to Parliament do voters a disservice with 'he said, she said' approach

For much of the past two decades, polarisation and hyper-partisanship have weakened Western democracies, most notably in the United States and Britain. Australia has not escaped, although the consequences here have been nothing as compared with Brexit or the insurrection in Washington on January 6, 2021.

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The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: King Charles’ coronation is a last hurrah for Australian monarchy

Central to the coronation will be the out of sight anointing of the King as God’s chosen, a medieval remnant of the Divine Right of Kings.

The New Daily

Not so fast: Tony Abbott calls for the Voice referendum to be cancelled

Tony Abbott entered the debate on this year’s Indigenous Voice referendum on Monday just as had been predicted.

The Conversation

While the Voice has a large poll lead now, history of past referendums indicates it may struggle

Support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has dropped since the first polls that asked about it in late 2022. Analyst Kevin Bonham has plotted all the poll results, and the average Voice support is down from 65% in August 2022 to 57% now.

ABC News

Tony Abbott hits out at proposed Voice to Parliament, attracting a rebuke from Noel Pearson

Former prime minister Tony Abbott offers a staunch criticism of a proposed constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament, just hours after getting into a spat with a parliamentary committee investigating the looming referendum.

Crikey

Tony Abbott asks Voice committee to ‘pull’ referendum proposal and start over

The former PM made a late appearance at the parliamentary inquiry into the Voice, after complaining that he had been ‘gagged’ by not being invited.

The Conversation

Isotope analysis helps tell the stories of Aboriginal people living under early colonial expansion

Acknowledgement: we would like to extend our thanks to the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj People who invited us to work on this sensitive project through the lens of truth-telling – particularly Phillip George, Richie Bee and Francine George – whose insights have formed a key pillar of the work.

The Conversation

Australians should be wary of scare stories comparing the Voice with New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal

Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over parliament was met with surprise in New Zealand, especially by the members of the tribunal itself. That’s because it is just plain wrong.

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