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Australians will vote in a referendum on October 14. What do you need to know?

Australians will go to the polls on October 14 to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. We have not voted in a federal referendum since 1999. So what do you need to know?

The Conversation

Why the 'yes' campaign should embrace the politics of nationhood

The fact that altering the Australian constitution requires a vote by the Australian people means that Voice referendum will become a vote about Australian nationhood.

The Conversation

As referendum set for October 14, 'yes' is behind and the poll trends are unfavourable

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced that the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament will be held on October 14. To succeed, a constitutional referendum requires a majority in at least four of the six states as well as a national majority.

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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

You have six weeks to decide. Voice referendum day locked in

After weeks of speculation, the PM formally announced the date.

Newcastle Herald

How do the 'yes' and 'no' cases stack up? Constitutional law experts take a look

In the coming weeks, Australians will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” to the constitutional amendment to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through establishing a body known as the Voice.

The Conversation

Hawaii fires show transition to underground power lines is overdue

'This type of ignition has happened in NSW as well.'

Newcastle Herald

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Australian prime minister will set a referendum date for Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Australian Prime Anthony Albanese says he expects public support for creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament will grow after he focuses the nation’s minds on the issue by setting a date for Australia’s first referendum in a generation

The Independent UK

No camp said the referendum is ‘rigged’. Then came viral electoral fraud claims

A far-right researcher said it was ‘incredibly noteworthy’ that undermining the Australian Electoral Commission had gone mainstream.

Crikey

‘Bureaucracies keep failing’: Rudd’s Apology co-writer says Albo should go concrete on Voice

Tim Dixon reckons it’s time for the PM to try to reach the ‘vast majority of people who are disengaged’ with politics.

Crikey

Welcome to the whitelash: how an aggrieved refusal to learn is driving the No campaign

Now apparently past questioning the technicalities of the Voice, the No camp is back to its roots: riling against the recognition of Indigenous culture.

Crikey

Peter Dutton and the right assume the majority of Australians are racist bigots

For months, the opposition and the right have been playing the country for fools over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Crikey

Murky anti-Voice letter falsely linked to No campaign senator

The letter, which is incorrectly attributed to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, is full of references to sovereign citizen conspiracy theories.

Crikey

'From Curtin, heal the hurting': ACT 'yes' camp vows to take efforts interstate

ACT camp claims to more "yes" volunteers per capita than any other state or territory.

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Newcastle Herald

Shift energy towards the new dawn, not Eraring's demise

Energy transition means focusing on the sunrise, not the sunset.

Crikey

It’s not just people against the Voice who will be voting No

There’s some disparity among Crikey readers on whether those who plan to vote the Indigenous Voice to Parliament down are racist.

Crikey

Who’ll watch out for kids in Qld watch houses?

Under youth justice law changes in Queensland, ‘boars — male pigs — will have better welfare protections than children as young as 10’, and Australians pay $65 billion a year to subsidise fossil-fuel polluters.

The Canberra Times

Yes or No? How will you vote on October 14?

What questions do you still need answered to be able to make an informed choice?

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Newcastle Herald

Maitland gallery draws on royals, indigenous voices in exhibition

Potent combo of a wicked sense of humour and dramatic images.

The Conversation

Word from The Hill: Date for Voice referendum to be announced on Wednesday

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

Crikey

If you ‘don’t know’ about the Voice, how about you actually listen?

Do conservatives have nothing better to do than fuel misinformation about the Voice to Parliament? Apparently not.

Crikey

Learning the hard way

One in three Australian children failed literacy and numeracy exams in this year’s NAPLAN testing, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum in Adelaide next week.

Crikey

Loves Labor’s lost: discontent among the fringe dwellers

As the big-ticket items were being discussed on the big stage at Labor’s national conference, off to the side a ‘fringe’ group talked up a storm.

Crikey

What the marriage equality vote can teach us about the Voice referendum

‘Whatever its defects, the symbolism of a Yes vote is to support greater recognition and equality of Indigenous peoples.’

The Conversation

A retiring NZ MP has suggested joining Australia – we should at least think about it (before saying no)

Big policy ideas usually don’t come up in parliamentary valedictory speeches – they’re for saying goodbye and thank you. So departing Labour MP Jamie Strange was the exception last week when he made a case for New Zealand and Australia becoming one country.

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