Jacinta Allan has been anointed the next premier of Victoria after Ben Carroll withdrew his nomination; Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka tells a Senate inquiry the decision to block Qatar Airways flights is a “lost opportunity”. Follow updates here.
Cape York Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says it is vital the Yes campaign wins the October 14 referendum for an Indigenous Voice to parliament because it will allow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take responsibility for their future.to the National Press Club, Pearson said the Yes campaign felt “a mixture of hope and terror” about the outcome of the referendum in less than three weeks.
Alex EllinghausenThe referendum would recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first people of Australia in a “safe” and “modest” amendment to the Constitution, which also included an advisory body that aimed to “get better results for Indigenous people and for the country”, Pearson added.“Recognition is about the 97 per cent recognising the 3 per cent and offering the gift of Australia’s 122-year-old constitutional democracy.
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