An alliance of Aboriginal medical services also dismissed what it described as “attempts to politicise the issue of child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities” while Liberal MP Bridget Archer crossed the floor.
A Voice is the key to ending entrenched disadvantage for Indigenous children,as agreed by the majority of Indigenous organisations and communities working towards this goal.
Whether the referendum vote is No or Yes,the nation’s real work starts on Sunday.
In 1967,the No vote on recognising Indigenous people in the Constitution didn’t get over 10 per cent in any Sydney electorate.
A young Indigenous man serving a controversial life sentence corresponded for years with a Sydney journalist – then came an unexpected twist.
If the Voice is defeated,we must hope it drives us towards a greater understanding of the disadvantage in our midst.
A new report card has been critical of the government’s failure to implement reform and reduce the increasing number of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care.
In the first century of its existence,the museum collected bodies for study,without the consent of family or descendants.
Santos’ $5.6 billion project is facing more opposition after a remote Northern Territory Indigenous community insisted the gas company deal with them as a group.
Tony Nutt,a former federal director of the Liberal Party and chief-of-staff to John Howard,also rubbished opponents’ depictions of the proposed advisory body as a “Canberra Voice”.
The state’s top prosecutor says her office has discontinued prosecutions involving Indigenous complainants because existing trial processes are not culturally safe.