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Campaign efforts go into overdrive as voice vote looms

With just days until Australians head to the polls for the Indigenous voice referendum, campaigners are ramping up their messages in a final pitch to voters.

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Liberal party apologises to voice voters for giving advice labelled ‘blatant disregard’ of rules

People who took up party’s incorrect suggestion on applying for postal ballots could miss out on voting in referendum, MP warns

The Guardian - AU

Man appeals Carly McBride murder cover-up conviction

The defence has argued the verdict was 'unreasonable'.

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Candidate death triggers New Zealand election quirk

Poultry veterinarian and New Zealand election candidate Neil Christensen has died, setting off a rarely seen oddity of the country's electoral system.

AAP

NT not a 'failed state' says chief minister

John Howard and Tony Abbott have criticised the Northern Territory government's handling of the education and health of Indigenous Australians.

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NT mayor defies calls to quit after video shows him pinning Aboriginal boy to ground

National children’s commissioner labels footage ‘disgraceful’ but Barkly council’s Jeffrey McLaughlin says force used as part of a ‘lawful citizen’s arrest’ was ‘entirely reasonable’

The Guardian - AU

Opinion polls show Australians likely to reject Indigenous Voice to Parliament at referendum

Australians appear likely to reject a proposal that would create an advocate for the Indigenous population in a referendum outcome that some see as a victory for racism

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NBA star helping Indigenous youth on and off the court

NBA star Patty Mills has partnered with the University of Queensland in a new program aimed at improving the health outcomes of First Nations youths

AAP

No delay: Berejiklian's spat with ICAC fast-tracked

A legal challenge by former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian to overturn ICAC's corruption findings will be heard as expeditiously as possible, a judge says.

AAP

Voice support falls in Newspoll to new low, but is up in Resolve though still well behind

The referendum on the Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on Saturday. Polls close at 6pm AEDT in the south-eastern states, 6:30pm in South Australia, 7pm in Queensland, 7:30pm in the Northern Territory and 9pm in Western Australia.

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The voice referendum may be the last time we vote under the old rules where lies are legal and there’s no brake on big money

Before long Labor and the Coalition will be looking to deal on truth in political advertising and spending and donation caps

The Guardian - AU

Referendum only chance to set up Indigenous voice: PM

Anthony Albanese says the government will walk away from future attempts at setting up an Indigenous voice if the referendum fails.

AAP

A 'no' win will make it harder for government to tackle Indigenous disadvantage: Albanese

The government’s efforts to tackle Indigenous disadvantage will not be as effective if Saturday’s referendum fails, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said.

The Conversation

PM says Australians in Israel safe – as it happened

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Proposed Indigenous voice would be like no other

In a referendum campaign defined by its division, the 'yes' and 'no' camps wholeheartedly agree on one aspect of the proposed Indigenous voice.

The Guardian - AU

‘Empathy and kindness’: 1967 referendum campaigner urges Australians to vote yes

‘I just would say to people, please, I don’t want to beg, but I would just say: this is the right thing to do,’ says Aunty Di Travis

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Indigenous voice: electoral commission decision not to send mobile voting teams into hospitals condemned

Australian Medical Association and Uluru Dialogue say patients and medical staff could be disenfranchised after AEC continues Covid-era policy

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'No' campaign is dominating the Voice debate among Chinese Australians on WeChat: new research

Some 1.4 million Australians are of Chinese ancestry, or about 5.5% of the population. Given the size of the community, it will be an important voting bloc in the upcoming referendum on a Voice to Parliament for First Nations people.

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Young people 'key' to voice success as PM casts vote

Political leaders have called on young people to be the voice of their generation ahead of the referendum, as the prime minister cast his vote early.

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NZ's Luxon pledges first trip, if elected, to Australia

Opposition Leader Chris Luxon, the likely next prime minister of New Zealand, has outlined his first-up foreign engagements should he win the election.

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Albanese casts yes vote in ‘once in a generation’ voice to parliament referendum

PM says he won’t take lectures from Tony Abbott and John Howard after pair claim voice wouldn’t help central Australia

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s emu war: John Cleese outrun in race to shoot movie of how flightless birds thwarted army’s machine guns

An Australian take on how the emu won the 1932 battle premieres this month, before shooting on the UK comedian’s film has begun

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Voice debate 'bears nation's soul, brings great pain'

Former ABC host and foreign correspondent Stan Grant says the Indigenous voice referendum is about more than just putting a question to Australian people.

The Guardian - AU

Labor gets a taste of life after Daniel Andrews in Jacinta Allan’s chaotic first week as premier

From a bungled tax announcement to muddled performances from ministers, the best laid plans for a smooth handover quickly went awry

The Guardian - AU

Think the constitution is sacred? Meet the men who helped write it

Australia’s founding document was written by fallible, admirable men, limited by the unexamined prejudices of their time

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