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‘We should be dead’: Perth’s Indigenous community felt ignored after alleged Invasion Day bombing attempt, inquiry told

Police were told of unspecified threats before the 26 January rally but did not meet with organisers until after, parliamentary inquiry into racism told

The Guardian - AU · Jul 13

‘Pure culture-war stuff’: Turnbull and Wyatt criticise Dutton’s welcome to country comments

First Indigenous Australian to serve as federal minister says ‘to politicise it just adds to the division’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29, 2025

Afternoon Update: 1.1 million residents of Gaza told to relocate south; NSW police criticised over protest threat; and New Zealand election countdown

Palestinians fear the Israeli relocation directive could be a precursor to a ground offensive

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2023

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Australia 'new nation' if voice referendum succeeds

The 'yes' and 'no' campaigns are making their final pitches on the eve of the referendum to establish an Indigenous voice.

AAP · Oct 13, 2023

Ken Wyatt accuses Liberals and Peter Dutton of creating ‘fear and division’ over voice

Former Coalition minister, who quit the Liberals in April, says party is deploying ‘Trumpian’ tactics ahead of the referendum

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2023

Using Neville Bonner’s politics to guess his stance on the voice seems an indolent misuse of history

What would the first Aboriginal parliamentarian have thought of the voice to parliament? None of us can ever know – not even George Brandis

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023

Voice referendum: is the 'yes' or 'no' camp winning on social media, advertising spend and in the polls?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the Voice to Parliament referendum will take place on Saturday October 14.

The Conversation · Aug 30, 2023

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Former PM Julia Gillard announces Beyond Blue's support for Indigenous Voice to Parliament as Ken Wyatt joins board

Former prime minister Julia Gillard throws her support behind the Yes vote as former minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt is appointed to Beyond Blue's board.

ABC News · May 29, 2023

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of our main centre-right party. Could The Voice hasten a sixth?

Peter Dutton’s defensive posture of just appealing to "the base’" and trying to hold the Liberals together may prove the losing gambit.

The New Daily · Apr 30, 2023

The Liberals are the fifth iteration of Australia's main centre-right party. Could the Voice campaign hasten a sixth?

Party stability on the progressive side of politics, and repeated party reconfiguration on the conservative side of politics, is a marked contrast in the history of Australia’s two-party political system.

The Conversation · Apr 30, 2023

Former federal Liberal minister Ken Wyatt urges Australians on all sides of Voice debate to speak up

Former federal Liberal Indigenous Affairs minister Ken Wyatt encourages Australians to inform themselves about the Voice, and debate the looming referendum regardless of what side they are on.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

Liberal rebel Ken Wyatt: Voice is the hope our young people need

Australia can give Indigenous young people hope, and end "futility syndrome", if the Voice yes case wins, ex-federal minister Ken Wyatt says.

The New Daily · Apr 28, 2023

Dysfunctional treatment of Indigenous Australians will continue unless voice exists, Ken Wyatt says

Ex-Liberal minister tells referendum committee First Nations people despair for their future because they are never listened to

The Guardian - AU · Apr 28, 2023

Indigenous voice opposition has cost the Liberals Julian Leeser and Ken Wyatt. The own goals are mounting

Its Indigenous voice opposition has cost the party two key figures, Julian Leeser and Ken Wyatt. The casualties are starting to stack up

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2023

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AAP · Apr 11, 2023

'Alarmist': Burney clobbers critics of Indigenous voice

Allowing the voice to advise the public service as well as parliament would help improve outcomes for communities, the Minister for Indigenous Australians says.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2023

Ken Wyatt says Indigenous Voice to Parliament must be allowed to advise ministers

One of the most prominent Indigenous figures in recent Liberal politics says the Voice to Parliament will be hamstrung if it cannot directly advise ministers, saying his former colleagues should have "no reason to be afraid" of the proposal.

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Australian lawmaker breaks ranks to support Indigenous Voice

A senior lawmaker has split from Australia’s opposition party leadership by supporting a proposal to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament

The New Daily · Apr 8, 2023

Peter Dutton: Public servants will be the only real winners if the Voice gets up

Peter Dutton has claimed the only sector of Australian society likely to benefit from the proposed Voice to Parliament will be public servants

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The New Daily · Apr 7, 2023

PM praises ‘principled’ ex-Lib’s stand on Voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Liberals have underestimated how many of their voters will support an Indigenous voice to parliament.

AAP · Apr 7, 2023

PM praises ex-Lib's 'principled' stand on voice

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the Liberals have underestimated how many of their voters will support an Indigenous voice to parliament.

AAP · Apr 6, 2023

Liberals split denied after partyroom voice call

Divisions have emerged after the Liberal Party announced it would formally oppose the government's proposed model for an enshrined voice to parliament.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2023

If yes campaign for Indigenous voice loses ‘racists will feel emboldened’, Marcia Langton says

Working group member shares Liberal Bridget Archer’s concern Coalition’s no campaign in danger of running ‘adjacent to racist views’

The New Daily · Apr 6, 2023

What is Dutton up to? He’s making many Liberals queasy

Mr Dutton’s decision to actively front a campaign against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has baffled and outraged dyed-in-the-wool Liberals.

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Australia’s conservative party declares opposition to Indigenous body: ‘A sad day for the country’

‘I was troubled by dreams and the spectre of Dutton Liberal party’s Judas betrayal of our country’

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2023

Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals' Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

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