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The referendum’s result holds up a mirror to Australia, and the reflection is ugly

Labor’s failure to acknowledge the role of racism in the Voice campaign was both unwise and dangerous.

Crikey

Dutton and Marles send mixed signals over next step in reconciliation amid referendum fallout

Opposition leader says symbolic recognition in constitution is still Coalition policy but it will be ‘some time’ before a new referendum

The Guardian - AU

How the land lies now: ‘fearful, nasty, apathetic and lazy’

Perhaps ignorance really is bliss, Crikey readers say, as they lament the No vote for an Indigenous Voice being enshrined in our constitution.

Crikey

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Labor senator condemns Israel’s military action in Gaza – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

What Price Closing the Gap?

Country Liberal Party Senator Jacinta Nampijimpa Price says the Coalition will pursue its plan for an inquiry into the money spent on Indigenous Australians — despite it having little chance of success, and girls as young as 12 and 13 are being strip-searched by NSW police in what has been…

Crikey

I campaigned for 'no', but there's no joy in this referendum win

This vote should not have been held.

Newcastle Herald

Peter Dutton fails to find support for audit of government’s Indigenous spending

Australia will repeat the mistakes of the past if government Indigenous expenditure is not audited, says opposition leader

The Guardian - AU

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Majority of voters want Labor to support Indigenous Australians but are split on how: Guardian Essential poll

Only a third of respondents support a treaty in the wake of Saturday’s failed referendum

The Guardian - AU

Norway's prime minister shuffles Cabinet after last month's local election loss

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre has shuffled his Cabinet after his center-left party was defeated in local elections last month by the center-right opposition party for the first time since 1924

The Independent UK

Indigenous progress the focus after voice fails

Both sides of politics are pledging to focus on closing the Indigenous disadvantage gap after a referendum to constitutionally enshrine an advisory body failed.

AAP

Parliament asked to back green rules on gas projects

Crossbenchers have asked federal parliament to better regulate major gas projects to protect Australian water resources.

AAP

Consumers could pay more under workplace changes: Uber

Rideshare and delivery platform Uber wants more clarity from Labor's workplace reform bill to preserve the flexibility and viability of its services.

AAP

Labor’s referendum position is completely at odds with its stance on Gaza

The Albanese government’s support of Israel over Palestine’s ongoing occupation stands in stark contrast to its urge for Australia to listen to and support First Nations peoples.

Crikey

Crunching the numbers on Indigenous support for the Voice

The arrival of hard answers in the form of Saturday’s voting results has done little to quell the dispute over Indigenous support for the Voice.

Crikey

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Albanese will wear the blame for the Voice failure, regardless of fairness

The political fallout will take a while to settle beyond the fact that the prime minister is diminished and Peter Dutton victorious. But will it matter at the next election?

Crikey

Sounds of a silenced Voice

Just over 60% of Australian voters decisively rejected enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the constitution.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government axes dozens of environmental roles in ‘backward step’

Exclusive: Coalition accuses Labor of hypocrisy and says delay in rewarding farmers to protect nature is a ‘disgrace’

The Guardian - AU

Cabinet to consider interim listening mechanism after resounding no vote on voice

Albanese government plans to let dust settle after Saturday’s loss with focus potentially shifting to state-based voice and treaty processes

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The Guardian - AU

In the aftermath of the voice referendum, how can we unbork a polarised Australia? Here are three ways forward

A national anti-racism framework, a Human Rights Act and discrimination law could all do a lot of good, especially for Indigenous Australians

The Guardian - AU

‘Echo chamber of elites’: outer urban areas ignored by yes campaign, Labor MP Mike Freelander say

South-west Sydney MP says ‘a lot of people felt disfranchised’ as Hunter MP Dan Repacholi says voters were ‘more keen to hear about cost of living’

The Conversation

Voice referendum results point to shifting faultlines in Australian politics

It was Martin Luther King Jr, prophet and martyr of the civil rights movement in the United States, who famously remarked, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice”. Yet there are times when justice seems to become more distant rather than closer.

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes to Australia’s voice to parliament

Polling catchments where Indigenous Australians form more than 50% of the population voted on average 63% in favour of the voice

The Guardian - AU

Five insights from the referendum: Liberals win the battle but lose the war

Saturday’s referendum vote reinforces sense that contemporary Liberal party has decoupled from its blue-ribbon metropolitan heartland

AAP

Labor faces pressure to push through PTSD work changes

The crossbench and opposition will attempt to force Labor's hand to split its larger workplace reforms legislation and support the non-contentious parts.

AAP

Voice vote fails with no state supporting referendum

Counting has resumed for the referendum result, with a majority of Australians voting it down and the 'yes' vote failing to get up in any state.

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