Amidst distractions and criticisms supporters of the Voice heard just what they needed from the prime minister.
Indigenous lawyer and Yes campaigner Noel Pearson says the Voice to parliament could be up and running within this term of government.
The move to ditch the laws was welcomed by the Yes campaign and Voice advocates at the Garma Festival,as the move takes ammunition away from the No camp.
Whether it’s climate change or the Voice,we often forget the real human cost of doing nothing.
The referendum result will leave Australians divided,one way or the other. It will take political leadership to mend the wounds.
The Indigenous leader from Cape York was joined by Liberal politicians as he talked to shoppers and store owners at Hornsby in northern Sydney.
In his first interview since taking medical leave to fight a serious illness,Dodson said the Yes campaign needed to get the conversation out of Canberra and into communities.
The Voice referendum will fail unless something dramatic happens. This week,two things did.
Anthony Albanese is under pressure to take greater control of the push for a Voice as the No camp gains traction.
Noel Pearson says the opposition leader assured him he did not view the Indigenous Voice as a racial issue before he told parliament it would ‘re-racialise’ the country.
The former PM says the correct Liberal stance is to oppose the Voice to Parliament. But many of his party colleagues disagree,and they are making themselves heard.