April
Women of Influence share their tips for young female leaders today
Past winners of The Australian Financial Review’s long-standing and much-loved program give advice before it returns this year as Women in Leadership.
February
Langton says Keating was ‘right’ on the Voice
The Indigenous leader said the former PM was right about the Voice being “a mistake from the start” and that a legislated body should have been established before a referendum.
- Michael Pelly
December 2023
- Exclusive
- Voice to parliament
‘Hatred of politicians’ killed the Voice: Megan Davis
A key architect of the Voice referendum says racism played a role but was not as decisive as the public’s “hatred for politicians” and rejected claims symbolic recognition would have won Coalition support.
- Michael Pelly
October 2023
Voice leaders pen private letter of angst to Albanese
Voice advocates who disagreed with Sunday’s bruising open letter are preparing a separate response about the referendum’s defeat.
- Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Political leadership
The hard cost of a failed referendum
The resounding defeat of the Voice referendum leaves many Indigenous leaders disillusioned and Yes voters broken-hearted, but Anthony Albanese still argues it was the right thing to do.
- Jennifer Hewett
It’s finally time to decide on the Voice
A long fight for the Uluru Statement from the Heart will live or die when millions of Australians cast their vote. Polls suggest most people will vote against it.
- Tom McIlroy
Workplaces backing Yes vote vow to double down
Employers that backed the Voice to parliament expect staff to get more involved in work to promote Indigenous advancement regardless of the referendum’s outcome.
- Euan Black
September 2023
Albanese pitches Voice to younger female voters
Seeking to replicate Labor’s success at last year’s federal election for the looming referendum, the prime minister invoked the Matildas’ historic World Cup campaign on Friday, urging support from women.
- Tom McIlroy
With a date, feelgood factor needed to get to Yes
There’s a lot to be done before October 14 if the Yes campaign is to turn the predicted result around.
- Tom McIlroy
August 2023
Liberals more right wing than One Nation on the Voice: PM
Anthony Albanese says the Coalition makes Pauline Hansons’ party look mainstream with its claims about the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
- Phillip Coorey
July 2023
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Inside News Corp’s pitch to advertising buyers on the Indigenous Voice
The 19-page pitch, complete with a Welcome to Country, is at odds with some of the publisher’s highest-profile columnists who are campaigning against the plan.
- Mark Di Stefano
April 2023
The high-stakes gamble at the heart of the Voice
Opponents of the Voice say it will change how the country is run. Megan Davis says that’s the point.
- Tom McIlroy
Claims Voice will ‘veto’ Anzac Day wrong: Hayne
Witnesses to a parliamentary committee have rejected suggestion the proposed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory body would force a change of Australia Day or Anzac Day.
- Tom McIlroy
March 2023
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
We must talk about how the Voice will make a difference
There is no body through which Indigenous people can channel ideas at a federal level. The representations should come at the beginning, not the end.
- Laura Tingle
- Updated
- Voice to parliament
PM goes ‘all in’ on the Voice referendum
The Albanese government is struggling to achieve bipartisan support for the Indigenous Voice to parliament.
- Tom McIlroy
February 2023
High Court to keep Voice ‘within limits of power’
Uluru Dialogue leader and constitutional lawyer Megan Davis says legal challenges to the Voice would be part of Australia’s system of government.
- Tom McIlroy and Luca Ittimani
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
Media shouldn’t be asked to gaslight Voice opponents
Voice campaigners should not be trying to bully journalists into denying a platform to the No case and silencing dissenting views.
- Nyunggai Warren Mundine
Prime minister says Voice will not crowd out economic, health issues
Anthony Albanese has promised his Voice push will not distract his government from the cost of living, health and other issues.
- Phillip Coorey
January 2023
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
The Voice is in danger of being drowned out by the noise
Politics will be haunted by the spectre of people making up their minds on a defining issue before a date is even set.
- Laura Tingle
- Opinion
- Voice to parliament
The odds are stacked in vote for the Voice
Peter Dutton is not being picky to ask for more details when Labor’s record at getting referenda over the line is so abysmal.
- Dean Smith
