INDIGENOUS PEOPLES – AUSTRALIA

Labor’s Voice box of priorities

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Original article by Rosie Lewis
The Australian – Page: 1 & 2 : 5-Jul-23

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney will address the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday. Burney will identify health, education, jobs and housing as the four major policy priorities on which the proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament will be asked to privide advice. Burney will also state that unlike government, the Voice will focus on the next generation rather than the next election. Burney will argue that the Voice must be enshrined in the Constitution rather than merely legislated, to ensure that it cannot be abolished by a future government.

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NATIONAL PRESS CLUB (AUSTRALIA), AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Three years on, Rio Tinto says Juukan disaster remains a deep stain

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Original article by Nick Toscano
Brisbane Times – Page: Online : 25-May-23

Wednesday marked the third anniversary of Rio Tinto’s ill-fated destruction of ancient Indigenous rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara. Rio Tinto’s actions attracted global condemnation, a federal parliamentary inquiry and the resignation of senior executives such as former CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques. Rio Tinto’s current chairman Dominic Barton says Juukan Gorge is a deep stain on the company’s history that it has to deal with. Restoring trust with Indigenous communities and improving Rio Tinto’s cultural heritage processes have been top priorities for the company’s current leadership team.

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RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO

ASIO: Voice campaign may trigger violence

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Original article by Sarah Ison
The Australian – Page: 2 : 24-May-23

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s director-general Mike Burgess has raised concern about the national security implications of the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament. He has told a Senate estimates hearing that the referendum may lead to some protests and counter-protests, and that this could result in "spontaneous violence". Burgess also said that there is currently no evidence at present to suggest the potential for a terrorist attack or foreign interference in the referendum process, but cautions that such risks cannot be ruled out.

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Support for The Voice drops to 46% of Australians – down 7% points since December 2022 as Liberals vow to oppose

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 21-Apr-23

A special Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey has found that 46% of Australians would now vote ‘Yes’ to establish an ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament’, down 7% points since December 2022. Some 39% (up 9% points) would vote ‘No’, and a further 15% (down 2% points) are undecided. If the ‘Undecided’ respondents are removed the split in favour of the ‘Yes’ vote is 54% cf. 46%. However, past experience shows that ‘Undecided’ voters are far more likely to end up as a ‘No’ rather than a ‘Yes’ vote. This trend has been observed even over the last few months as ALP and Greens supporters who were ‘Undecided’ have been far more likely to move to the ‘No’ vote rather than becoming a ‘Yes’ vote. Meanwhile, Support for ‘The Voice’ is virtually unchanged for ALP supporters at 75% (down 1% point since December) and Greens supporters at 89% (unchanged). In contrast, support for ‘The Voice’ has dropped among voters for the L-NP, One Nation, Independent and Other Parties since December. This special Roy Morgan Snap SMS survey was conducted with an Australia-wide cross-section of 1,181 Australian electors aged 18+ from April 14-18.

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Dutton reshuffle promotes two Voice opponents

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 19-Apr-23

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has announced broader changes to his frontbench team than had been expected, in response to the resignation of Karen Andrews. Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has replaced Julian Leeser as shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, while fellow Indigenous senator Kerrynne Liddle will have responsibility for child protection and the prevention of family violence. Price and Liddle both oppose the federal government’s proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament. Dutton supports constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, but he favours enacting a regional and local voice via legislation.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Wyatt urges Libs to defy Dutton on Voice

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 13-Apr-23

Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt believes that Liberal Party MPs will be given a conscience vote on the Indigenous Voice to parliament. However, he hopes that more Liberals will opt to support the Voice, despite the party’s formal rejection of the federal government’s proposed model. Wyatt’s comments follow the decision of Julian Leeser to resign as shadow attorney-general in order to support the ‘Yes’ case. Liberal senator Simon Birmingham says he respects Leeser’s decision but has ruled out joining him on the Coalition’s backbench. Birmingham has also stated that he will not campaign for the ‘No’ case.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Elders’ heartbreak at Fortescue mine brawl

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 7 : 8-Mar-23

The Federal Court has been told that Fortescue Metals Group iron ore mining operations in the Pilbara have split the Yindjibarndi people and resulted in an ongoing feud between them. The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation was granted exclusive native title rights in 2017 to the land that now comprises Fortescue’s Solomon mining hub. Yindjibarndi elders Margaret Read and Tootsie Daniel have told the Federal Court that their people became divided following the formation of a breakaway group called the Wirlu-Murra Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation, which has since secured lucrative contracts at the Solomon hub. They also expressed their anguish over the impact that mining has had on the Yindjibarndi people’s land.

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FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LIMITED – ASX FMG, YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION, WIRLU-MURRA YINDJIBARNDI ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

Indigenous voice adviser warns vote on knife edge as Liberals say referendum dead without conservatives

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Original article by Josh Butler
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 1-Mar-23

Ed Coper is a director of social change agency Populares and an expert on misinformation. He has warned that the proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament is "really susceptible to misinformation", given that many people now form their opinions based on information they read on social media. Coper argues that while social media companies have become better at removing disinformation, it has usually been widely disseminated by the time they are alerted to its presence on their platforms. Meanwhile, Liberal senator Andrew Bragg says the referendum is set to fail unless the pro-Voice campaign actively targets conservative voters. He notes that the campaign is largely focused on people who already intend to vote ‘yes’ in the referendum, but polls show that only 13 per cent of Liberal voters support the Voice.

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POPULARES, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Major sporting codes to back Voice to parliament

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Original article by James Massola, Jake Niall, Paul Sakkar
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 28-Feb-23

Cricket Australia, the AFL and the NRL are among seven major sporting codes that are expected to unite in a joint campaign to support an Indigenous Voice to parliament. It is expected that the campaign will be launched mid-year, while it is understood that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was personally involved in trying to get the codes to support the Voice. Resolve pollster Jim Reed says getting the support of the seven codes will be a positive for the ‘Yes’ campaign.

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CRICKET AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

State and territory leaders to sign joint statement backing Indigenous voice to parliament

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Original article by Paul Karp
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 1-Feb-23

The leaders of Australia’s state and territory governments will attend a Council for the Australian Federation meeting on Thursday. They are expected to sign a joint statement expressing support for an Indigenous voice to federal parliament. They have all previously publicly committed to backing the voice. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he will vote ‘yes’ at the upcoming referendum on the voice and has urged everyone to do so. Meanwhile, the South Australian government has committed to legislating an Indigenous voice to state parliament in 2023. The federal Liberal Party has yet to formally announce its position on the voice, while the Greens are expected to formalise their position at a two-strategy meeting on Wednesday and Thursday.

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COUNCIL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN GREENS