As we debate the Indigenous Voice to Parliament there is one word missing: Compassion
2 years, 1 month ago

As we debate the Indigenous Voice to Parliament there is one word missing: Compassion

ABC  

In all of the discussion about the Indigenous Constitutional Voice that is the one word missing. A group of high-profile Indigenous Australians has banded together with a former deputy prime minister to co-ordinate the No campaign ahead of this year's Voice referendum. On the suffering of Indigenous people in South America, Metz wrote that he "saw the eyes without dreams, the faces without tears … the unhappiness beyond wishing". But in those faces of mourning, Metz also saw "distinctive strength, a secret resistance". Metz would say that European domination of the world — colonisation and empire — had "no eyes for the trace of God".

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Missed opportunity: The Hindu Editorial on the Australia referendum on giving voice to Indigenous peoples
1 year, 5 months ago

Missed opportunity: The Hindu Editorial on the Australia referendum on giving voice to Indigenous peoples

The Hindu  

In the recent Australia referendum on the Voice, a proposed body comprising members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to advise the country’s Parliament on laws impacting this vulnerable group, voters dropped the plan by a resounding 60% margin, rejecting an opportunity to amend their constitution for the first time in almost 50 years towards a more inclusive …

Australians decide against creating an Indigenous Voice to advise Parliament on minority issues
1 year, 5 months ago

Australians decide against creating an Indigenous Voice to advise Parliament on minority issues

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australians voted in a referendum Saturday against enshrining in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that affect their lives. Proponents said creating an Indigenous Voice via the constitution would recognize the special place that Indigenous people have in Australian history while giving them input in government policies. The proposal called …

Indigenous Voice: Has Australia missed its opportunity to move on from racist past?
1 year, 5 months ago

Indigenous Voice: Has Australia missed its opportunity to move on from racist past?

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Australians are being asked to alter the country’s founding …

Final arguments are being made before Australia’s vote Saturday to create Indigenous Voice
1 year, 5 months ago

Final arguments are being made before Australia’s vote Saturday to create Indigenous Voice

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Opposing campaigners made their final pitches on Friday over changing the Australia’s constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation’s first referendum in a generation. “He’s instinctively won their hearts because Australians do want better outcomes for Indigenous Australians, but he hasn’t won their minds,” Dutton told Australian Broadcasting Corp. Indigenous …

Voice vital to reconciliation, improved Indigenous health, says chief emergency doctor Stephen Gourley
1 year, 5 months ago

Voice vital to reconciliation, improved Indigenous health, says chief emergency doctor Stephen Gourley

ABC  

One of the nation's most esteemed emergency physicians, Stephen Gourley, is backing the Voice to Parliament, saying it is a vital step towards meaningful reconciliation and improving the health outcomes of Indigenous Australians. Key points: Emergency physician Dr Stephen Gourley is urging Indigenous people to support the Voice to Parliament He says the Voice is a vital step towards meaningful …

A bruising week for Indigenous people as the nation debates the Voice and opens old wounds
1 year, 6 months ago

A bruising week for Indigenous people as the nation debates the Voice and opens old wounds

ABC  

A month out from a referendum and it might be the ugliest week Aboriginal people have been subjected to in what can feel like an interminable campaign. Wotjobaluk man and assembly member Dylan Clarke, whose name was deceptively used to spread the message, said the letter was designed depict Aboriginal people "as something to be afraid of". Fear of the …

There are 11 First Nations MPs and senators. Here's what they think of a Voice to Parliament
1 year, 10 months ago

There are 11 First Nations MPs and senators. Here's what they think of a Voice to Parliament

ABC  

The 2022 federal election delivered record results for First Nations representation in parliament. I believe that an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament will achieve practical outcomes for First Nations communities. Comprised of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the Voice will be an advisory body, it will have the capacity to make representations to government on the …

In the year of the Voice, Australians must overcome a language barrier if we're to speak to each other, to hear the same truth
2 years, 1 month ago

In the year of the Voice, Australians must overcome a language barrier if we're to speak to each other, to hear the same truth

ABC  

We have a communication problem in Australia. Photo shows Lidia Thorpe points as she looks up at a press conference Senator Lidia Thorpe's decision to quit the Greens to represent "a strong grassroots black sovereign movement" has left some wondering what the movement is and how it differs from a Voice to Parliament. Maori political scientist Dominic O'Sullivan says sovereignty …

What are Aboriginal people saying about the Voice to Parliament?
2 years, 1 month ago

What are Aboriginal people saying about the Voice to Parliament?

ABC  

As politicians and campaigners begin to announce their positions leading up to this year's Voice referendum, First Nations voices have been heard on both sides of the debate. "We're where we are this year, and where we were last year, and we would've not gone anywhere – for me, it's the worst outcome." "If we don't talk about racism, or …

How five young Indigenous people feel about the Voice to Parliament — in their own words
2 years, 4 months ago

How five young Indigenous people feel about the Voice to Parliament — in their own words

ABC  

Five years ago, more than 250 Indigenous leaders signed off on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. They called for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution — which would represent First Nations people to advise government on Indigenous policy. We spoke to five young Indigenous people in Western Australia about their hopes, questions and concerns …

Push for Indigenous Voice to Parliament is about justice and unity, not identity politics, Noel Pearson says
2 years, 4 months ago

Push for Indigenous Voice to Parliament is about justice and unity, not identity politics, Noel Pearson says

ABC  

Constitutional recognition of Australia's First Nations people is "not a project of identity politics" but one of "justice, unity and inclusion", Noel Pearson has declared. Key points: First Nations lawyer, academic and activist Noel Pearson has given the first of four lectures to be broadcast by the ABC He said without constitutional recognition for First Nations people, Australia is "missing …

Australia moves to give Indigenous people a voice to parliament
2 years, 5 months ago

Australia moves to give Indigenous people a voice to parliament

Al Jazeera  

A referendum is expected to be held as early as July 2023, but campaigners say more needs to be done to tackle inequality and injustice. Termed a “Voice to Parliament”, a “yes” vote in the referendum would constitutionally enshrine an advisory group to government made up of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders. “A Voice to Parliament is about drawing …

Constitution should recognise Indigenous people as first Australians, says Noel Pearson
2 years, 7 months ago

Constitution should recognise Indigenous people as first Australians, says Noel Pearson

ABC  

The Albanese government's proposal to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution should include words that formally recognise Indigenous people as Australia's first inhabitants, advocate Noel Pearson says. Key points: Noel Pearson says the constitution should include words that recognise Indigenous people as the first peoples of Australia He says a Voice to Parliament would be both symbolic and …

Australia’s colonial nomopoly: Where can Indigenous peoples turn for justice?
4 years, 4 months ago

Australia’s colonial nomopoly: Where can Indigenous peoples turn for justice?

ABC  

After the fatal police shooting of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker at Yuendumu, while he was in his home and on his country, exactly one year ago today, I asked whether law and policing in Australia are sufficiently disentangled from their colonial function? “… the legal system is part of that genocide against our people” In 1998, Isabel Coe — along …

Reconciliation Week highlights how Indigenous injustice links to global fault lines
4 years, 9 months ago

Reconciliation Week highlights how Indigenous injustice links to global fault lines

ABC  

What do coronavirus, the rise of authoritarianism and the retreat of democracy have to do with Indigenous reconciliation in Australia? The Uluru Statement from the Heart proposed a rejuvenated Australian identity where we "can walk in two worlds". Political leaders stoke a virulent nationalism by perpetuating narratives of grievance: Vladimir Putin laments the end of Soviet empire and accuses the …

The Indigenous voices we don't hear have something important to say
5 years, 9 months ago

The Indigenous voices we don't hear have something important to say

ABC  

Aboriginal people can laugh; there are few things more joyous for me than hearing Aboriginal people laugh. Scott Morrison has sworn in his new cabinet and made history by appointing Ken Wyatt as the first Aboriginal person to be Minister for Indigenous Australians. He emerges from the Stolen Generations, those Indigenous people forcibly removed from their families at a time …

Indigenous voice to parliament should be reconsidered, bipartisan committee finds
6 years, 3 months ago

Indigenous voice to parliament should be reconsidered, bipartisan committee finds

ABC  

The government should support establishing an Indigenous advisory body to parliament, despite two Liberal prime ministers rejecting the concept, a parliamentary committee has found. Key points: A bipartisan committee recommends government reconsider supporting an Indigenous voice to parliament, despite Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull rejecting the idea Labor MP Linda Burney says "the resounding message" is Indigenous people "want to …

Indigenous leaders gather for First Nations summit at Old Parliament House in Canberra
6 years, 8 months ago

Indigenous leaders gather for First Nations summit at Old Parliament House in Canberra

ABC  

Sitting in the House of Representatives chamber in the old Parliament House in Canberra is a journey back in time. Indigenous experience shared world-wide Indigenous leaders and thinkers from around the world are in Canberra for the Australian National University's First Nations Governance Forum. And if Indigenous people have distinct rights, they ask, "what will hold the Australian nation and …

The Uluru Statement from Heart, one year on: Can a First Nations Voice yet be heard?
6 years, 9 months ago

The Uluru Statement from Heart, one year on: Can a First Nations Voice yet be heard?

ABC  

EDITOR'S NOTE: One year ago, an unprecedented gathering of Indigenous elders and academics, delegates and activists, held out an invitation to non-indigenous Australians to join with them in a process of truth-telling and political attentiveness. * A voice, not a veto Shireen Morris, McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, Melbourne University Law School One year on from the historic achievement of the Uluru …

Indigenous body frustrated by Malcolm Turnbull's 'rhetoric' during tearful NITV interview
9 years ago

Indigenous body frustrated by Malcolm Turnbull's 'rhetoric' during tearful NITV interview

ABC  

The country's peak elected representative body for Indigenous Australians says it is less than impressed by the Prime Minister's latest comments on Indigenous affairs. Key points: National Congress says it has been waiting for meeting with PM since he took office Turnbull says "every PM a PM for Indigenous Affairs" Vote on constitutional recognition an option for May 2017 In …

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