A pro-abortion measure to amend the Ohio Constitution has received enough signatures to advance to a referendum in the state, advocates of the measure say. The measure would declare abortion a constitutional right in the state of Ohio until the point of fetal viability, at which a baby has a substantial chance of surviving independently…

The opposition leader has lashed out at Australian mining giants and other big companies for donating to the ‘yes’ campaign in support of the Indigenous voice to parliament. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said many big companies “lacked a significant backbone” when it came to the upcoming referendum. “There are a lot of people who are…

Commentary Through the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Indigenous Australian communities forged the first ever national consensus on how they want to be constitutionally recognised—they asked for a constitutionally guaranteed Voice in their affairs. Not a veto, just a better say in decisions impacting their communities. This was a simple yet profound request. It was…

Commentary A voice that speaks out of both sides of its mouth is not to be trusted. And so it is with The Voice proposal on which we will need to cast a vote later this year. Having been promised that this is a move to unite us, we see The Voice dividing our community….

Commentary Following the successful 1967 referendum, which empowered the Australian Parliament to make laws for “the people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws,” there was a general expectation that we would finally become a colour-blind society. A society where the distribution of societal burdens and benefits would not…

Commentary The federal Labor government’s proposal to enshrine an “Indigenous Voice to Parliament” in the Constitution is the wrong way to recognise Aboriginal people or help those in need. It is simply not true that Indigenous communities are not heard in the public arena. What started with a trickle of Aboriginal voices, with the election…

A poll has found a desire for a referendum on net zero is popular among the public, with one political party calling for carbon policies to be taken to the ballet box amid “growing dissatisfaction” with current and future policies. According to a commissioned YouGov poll, excluding “don’t knows,” 62 percent want a referendum on…

Commentary On Sept. 4, 62 percent of Chilean voters rejected a referendum proposing a new socialist Constitution for their nation. Its failure was a sound rejection by the people of radical leftist policies based on identity politics, radical environmentalism and, more broadly speaking, the disregard of fundamental rights to life, liberty, and property. In May 2021,…

Australian Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney has stressed the importance of simplicity in terms of the question that Australians will face in a referendum on whether an indigenous voice to parliament should be enshrined in the constitution. Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Commission on Monday, Burney said that as prime Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had…

MEXICO CITY—Mexicans voted Sunday on whether their president should end his six-year term barely midway through or continue to the end. Strangely, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was the one who pushed for the first-ever referendum of its kind in Mexico. It was considered a safe bet. The referendum is only binding if at least…