The Voice referendum was a disappointing result for many, but there is hope that much of its vision could be achieved via a different path. The Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs has presented a report to federal parliament calling for the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Australians rejected the proposal for a Voice to Parliament embedded in the constitution. This week marked 100 days since that unsuccessful referendum. By now we expected those who campaigned against the constitutional reform would have stepped up with their proposals about how to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. Alas, there has been only a deafening…

The No campaign repeatedly says that Australians should not support the Voice because it is divisive. This fundamentally misconstrues what we are being asked to vote on. The Voice is like a marriage proposal, not a divorce petition. It is about unity, not division.

Reflecting on a lifetime on advocating for self-determination of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, Adjunct Professor Muriel Bamblett reflects on the upcoming referendum on a First Nations Voice.

Last week, we launched a video campaign for the upcoming referendum. First Nations professors, artists, athletes and experts answer Australia’s questions about the Voice to Parliament. Designed to restore fact, nuance and personal perspectives to the Voice conversation, ASK US FIRST was created by Monash University law students in the Castan Centre Voice to Parliament…

Despite the political debate that has ensued around the Voice proposal, the choice of an institutional advisory body that informs Parliament and the executive government is entirely unremarkable. It is a modest proposal.