Australia’s Indigenous Minister Linda Burney has accused campaigners against changing the country’s Constitution of engaging in “Trump politics” and distributing misinformation. Burney directed the withering comments against “No” campaigners who oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal. The proposal will change the preamble of the Australian Constitution to include recognition of Indigenous people and will…

Australia’s Indigenous Minister Linda Burney has accused campaigners against changing the country’s Constitution of engaging in “Trump politics” and distributing misinformation. Burney directed the withering comments against “No” campaigners who oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal. The proposal will change the preamble of the Australian Constitution to include recognition of Indigenous people and will…

Political pressure is growing on the Albanese government over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament as polls show public support falling. According to a Resolve Strategic Survey that interviewed 1,606 voters, support for enshrining changing the Australian constitution has fallen to 49 percent, down from 53 percent in May, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. This is the third month…

Commentary In Australia, the federal government seeks to amend the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament—a vague, race-based advisory body that would make representations to Australian parliamentarians in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Voice is the first hurdle towards fully implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a radical and…

Commentary In Australia, the federal government seeks to amend the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament—a vague, race-based advisory body that would make representations to Australian parliamentarians in the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Voice is the first hurdle towards fully implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a radical and…

Commentary Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, with the support of all the state and territory premiers, has officially backed the “First Nations Voice”—a standing consultative body to advise the government on laws and policies arguably affecting the Aboriginal community but, potentially, the nation as a whole. He says it is a priority for the government…

Motorsport legend, Larry Perkins, says sporting organisers are only supporting changing Australia’s Constitution—to entrench Aboriginal interests—because it will lock in future business opportunities with the government. Perkins, who has competed in Formula One, V8 Supercars, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was critical of the decision by Motorsport Australia to join with 20 other…

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe will likely abstain from voting on The Voice legislation, indicating she could not support a “white supremacy” No campaign. The senator famously quit the Greens party in February over disagreements in opinion towards the Indigenous Voice to Parliament legislation. Thorpe has continued to advocate for a Treaty between Australia and Indigenous…

Commentary Following the election of the Albanese government last year, religious leaders from various Christian denominations and other faiths expressed their support for the proposal to amend the Constitution to include a provision for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and the Executive. In the church I belong to, the Catholic Church, the Archbishop of Perth,…

Australians are being underestimated by “doomsayers” promoting scare campaigns about the Indigenous voice to parliament, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. The prime minister will on May 29 deliver the Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration in Adelaide, where he is expected to take aim at opponents of the voice and reiterate his confidence that the referendum will succeed….