Voice to Parliament
Alternative labels
First Nations Voice
Indigenous Voice
The Voice
Description
"The Indigenous Voice to Parliament (The Voice) is the proposed new advisory group containing separately elected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, perpetually enshrined in the Constitution of Australia, which would have a responsibility and right to advise the Australian Parliament and Government on national matters of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples". [Wikipedia]
Report
Youth Voice engagement report
This report documents a national co-design process to establish a strong, culturally grounded and community-led Youth Voice initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people. Participants said existing systems too often engage young people in tokenistic or advisory-only ways, without genuine power-sharing or accountability.
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'If you don’t think racism exists come take a walk with us'
This report presents accounts of racism against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from the Call It Out register. It explores the impacts of the Voice referendum, the racism that plays out in institutions and systems of governance, and in the everyday places we live, work and play.
Report
Close the gap: voyage to voice, treaty, truth and beyond
This report delivers a set of recommendations providing a pathway towards achieving the National Agreement on Closing the Gap's goals. Key among these is a call to implement the four Priority Reforms in all jurisdictions, which would include addressing recommendations of the Productivity Commission’s 2024 Closing the Gap review.
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Detailed analysis of the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum and related social and political attitudes
In order to support an informed discussion about the Voice referendum and its aftermath, the Australian National University collected a detailed survey immediately following the referendum (the October 2023 Australian Constitutional Referendum Study (ACRS)/ANUpoll) from a broadly representative sample of over 4,000 adult Australians. This research report outlines the findings.
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Is content over- or under-moderated in the Voice referendum debate?
This research explored whether content relating to the Voice referendum in Australia was over- or under-moderated on TikTok, Facebook and X and if it displayed political bias. No political bias was detected, but misinformation was substantially under-moderated across all three platforms.