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Polls Reckon Support For The Voice Is Down, But Who Does The Polls And Can They Even Be Trusted?

According to the latest Newspoll, support for the Voice has taken another hit, dropping by another two points to 36 per cent.

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Yes camp seeking to make history should be careful what it wishes for

The No side is driven mostly by a lack of enthusiasm for change. Don’t help its tiny band of ideologues make it a movement.

Crikey

If Peter Dutton isn’t an outright liar, he’s a clear-eyed believer of his own untruths

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton always looks sincere. The trouble is that he says things that are objectively untrue, things he cannot possibly believe.

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Labor and Albanese recover in Newspoll as Dutton falls, but the Voice's slump continues

A national Newspoll, conducted September 18–22 from a sample of 1,239, gave Labor a 54–46 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 36% Labor (up one), 36% Coalition (down one), 11% Greens (down two), 6% One Nation (down one) and 11%…

The Conversation

It’s past time for voices to be raised against dissent, racism and hate

The Yes camp has tried the quiet truth approach, Crikey readers say. Now is the time to go hard.

Crikey

Is it ethical non-Indigenous people get to decide on the Voice? Is it OK for one group to have rights others don't? An ethicist weighs in

Australians will soon be asked to vote on whether we should “alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice”.

The Conversation

Why Is Rupert Murdoch The ‘Most Dangerous Man In The World’ And Why Does His Retirement Matter?

Rupert Murdoch has announced he is stepping down from his head roles at Fox and News Corp, but why does it matter so much to everyone?

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Weakened pandemic inquiry a bitter pill

'We are getting a COVID-19 pandemic inquiry, not a royal commission'.

Newcastle Herald

Australia is sleepwalking down the road to white supremacism

Videos on social media expose the intentions of high-profile white supremacists to exploit the racist resentment the mainstream right has unleashed.

Crikey

Fox news: Rupert steps down

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has stepped down as chair of Fox News and News Corp and eldest son Lachlan looks set to take the reins, and former Labor minister and No campaign director Gary Johns has called for a ‘very, very heavy cultural intervention’ for Indigenous kids.

Crikey

The Voice: how do other countries represent Indigenous voices in government?

One of the claims advanced by the “no” campaign in the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament is that “there is no comparable constitutional body like this anywhere in the world”.

The Conversation

Region should start swinging to another tune

Once again the Labor haven of Hunter gets crumbs in the budget.

Newcastle Herald

A record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice

The referendum would enshrine in Australia's constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would advise on policies that impact the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority.

WEKU

Record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament

A record number of Australians has enrolled to vote in a referendum that would create an Indigenous advocacy body, as the first ballots for constitutional change are set to be cast in remote Outback locations next week

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Crikey

Sordid, mendacious, riven with division — No camp is a cesspit. But it works

Lies, division, racism, culture warring, foreign interference — the No campaign has it all. Not that any of that is holding it back.

Crikey

COVID back under the microscope

Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce a ‘deep’ inquiry with wide-ranging powers into Australia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 21-year-old male Liberal candidate for Mark McGowan’s WA seat wanted to know if his female Labor opponent would resign if she got pregnant.

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‘It’s bunkum’: former Liberal party director and John Howard chief of staff dismisses no campaign arguments

Tony Nutt says the voice to parliament is just, practical and constitutionally safe, a view at odds with the former leader he served for a decade

Crikey

School takes teens to see QAnon ‘megahit’, big business wants out of the Voice, and UAP back to waste everyone’s time

We hear a NSW high school organised a screening of ‘Sound of Freedom’, and why is Craig Kelly giving speeches in the heart of teal territory?

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'Government all over us like a rash': the broken service delivery system in remote Aboriginal communities

Indigenous people in remote and very remote communities in Australia tend to experience poorer health, education and employment services and outcomes compared to the general population.

The Conversation

Racism and democracy: why claims of ‘division by race’ in the NZ election and Voice referendum need challenging

It’s a coincidence that New Zealand elects a new parliament on October 14, the same day Australians decide whether (at the request of Indigenous people) they will entrench in the constitution an Aboriginal and Torres Islander Voice to Parliament. But there is one striking parallel between the two campaigns.

The Conversation

What history can tell us about the success (or failure) of referendums in Australia

The Australian nation came into being following a series of referendums in the 1890s, and they have been a regular feature of Australian democracy ever since. In every decade of the 20th century, there was at least one referendum. However, the 2023 referendum on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…

The Canberra Times

Canberra Liberals refuse to support Voice motion

Opposition members say the matter was a personal one.

Newcastle Herald

Get off the latte, hop on the wheel thing

It is laudable that City of Newcastle is extending the bike path network to encourage more people to ride.

Pedestrian.tv

Retail Staff At Stores Supporting The Voice Are Copping Abuse In The Lead-Up To The Referendum

Abuse on retail workers has jumped up due to the divisive nature of the referendum, especially in stores that have endorsed the Yes Vote.

Newcastle Herald

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