OPINION: A video recording of a talk given to the Samuel Griffith Society in 2017 shows Wolahan lay out his opposition for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
As a Perth newsreader, Narelda Jacobs had to mute her desire as a gay Aboriginal woman with a keen eye for injustice to speak out. But now the television journalist, and host of the Mardi Gras broadcast shares her new power and vision for a brighter future.
First published on Wed 27 Jan 2021 11.30 EST
Veteran rightwinger Joel Fitzgibbon says Labor needs to consider changing the rules governing the selection of federal party leaders because the current system is “very untidy” – but he says his observation isn’t connected to “media hype about current leadership issues”.
Fitzgibbon told Guardian Australia on Thursday there was a case for overhauling the rules imposed by the former prime minister Kevin Rudd in an effort to stabilise the party’s “coup” culture. He characterised the current leadership selection process as “flawed”.
“I wouldn’t want to conflate this with current speculation about leadership but I think the rules are flawed in that they have the potential to allow someone to be the leader without the majority support of the caucus, and I think that’s very untidy,” Fitzgibbon said.
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A veteran federal Liberal MP says the Morrison government must embrace the vision of the Uluru statement in its entirety if the nation is to reconcile its past with Indigenous Australians.
Victorian backbencher Russell Broadbent is urging his own party to reconsider its opposition towards adopting the 2017 Statement from the Heart in full, saying that recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the nationâs constitution is the only path towards healing.
Victorian backbencher Russell Broadbent, an outspoken critic of the Coalitionâs refugee policies, said the call for truth and justice âcan no longer be ignoredâ and there was âdeep listeningâ to be done.
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An Indigenous ‘Voice’ must be enshrined in our Constitution. Here’s why
As a ‘Voice’ that would allow Indigenous Australians to have a say in parliamentary and government decisions that affect them takes shape, it is vital it be enshrined in our Constitution.
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This year has already seen significant progress in the government’s commitment to establish a body – a “Voice” – that would allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to have a say when the government and parliament make decisions and laws that affect them.
However, concerns have emerged from those involved in the co-design process and public law experts that the Uluru Statement’s call for constitutional enshrinement – or protection – of the Voice, is going unheeded.