Tag: Indigenous Voice to Parliament

‘Money Talks’: Motorsport Legend Says Business Support for The Voice Meant to Appease Government

Motorsport legend, Larry Perkins, says sporting organisers are only supporting changing Australia’s Constitution—to entrench Aboriginal interests—because it will lock in future business opportunities with the government. Perkins, who has competed in Formula One, V8 Supercars, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was critical of the decision by Motorsport Australia to join with 20 other…


John Paul II Would Not Have Supported The Voice

Commentary Following the election of the Albanese government last year, religious leaders from various Christian denominations and other faiths expressed their support for the proposal to amend the Constitution to include a provision for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament and the Executive. In the church I belong to, the Catholic Church, the Archbishop of Perth,…


‘Different Rights’ Based on Race: Former Australian PM Warns Against Indigenous Voice

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken out against embedding the Indigenous Voice to Parliament into the country’s Constitution. Federal MPs are debating the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) Bill 2023, which will lock in a referendum for Australians to decide whether to include The Voice in the country’s founding legal document….


Opposition Cites Orwell’s Animal Farm in Latest Criticism of The Voice

The federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has launched his strongest attack yet against changing Australia’s Constitution to entrench Indigenous interests. Dutton said the Indigenous Voice to Parliament would take Australia “backwards not forwards” and called it “regressive, not progressive.” “It should be very clear to Australians by now that the prime minister is dividing our…


IN-DEPTH: The Voice Is Not About Kindness, It Is About Communism: Albanian Expats Warn

Two expatriates from the former communist state of Albania have issued a stark warning about a contentious proposal to change the Australian Constitution to further entrench Indigenous interests. “As soon as we heard from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese about The Voice, we got flashbacks to our lives under socialism in our country of origin Albania,”…


Pfizer Throws Support Behind Changing Australia’s Constitution

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is backing the contentious Indigenous Voice to Parliament to change Australia’s Constitution to better reflect Aboriginal interests. Pfizer is the latest corporate entity to throw its support behind the proposal that will set up an almost-parallel layer of government exclusively for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. Anne Harris, managing director of Pfizer…


Jacinta Price to Spearhead Opposition to the Voice as New Shadow Indigenous Minister

Senator Jacinta Price will now spearhead the Liberal-National Coalition’s opposition to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament after being elevated to the shadow Indigenous Minister portfolio. Price steps in for MP Julian Leeser, who moved to the shadow Cabinet backbench a week earlier because he would not support the Coalition’s position. Price’s accession comes amid a…


Solicitor-General’s Advice on Voice to Be Made Public

The advice from the nation’s second law officer on the Indigenous voice will be made public, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, who opposes the voice being enshrined in the constitution, has been calling on Albanese to release the advice provided by the solicitor-general to the cabinet. Albanese said while the full…


Indigenous Senator Defends Opposition’s Comments on Widespread Child Abuse in Alice Springs

Indigenous Senator Kerrynne Liddle has defended comments from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton who said a contentious proposal to change Australia’s Constitution would do little to address crime rates in Aboriginal communities like Alice Springs. Speaking on ABC Radio National on April 14, Liddle said while care was needed to avoid politicising the issue, statistics on…


Labor Praises Leeser Resignation for All the Wrong Reasons

Commentary When your opponents start praising you, it’s worthwhile to take stock and examine your position. The shadow attorney-general and spokesman for Indigenous affairs, Julian Leeser, may well reflect on the accolades and bouquets coming his way from his political opponents after his resignation from the opposition front bench over its decision to oppose “The…