Peter Dutton
Opinion
Indigenous Voice
Dutton is banking on twin calamities to unseat Albanese, but it’s not enough
The prime minister is already crafting a post-referendum Plan B, while the Liberals seem to be banking on chaos and instability of the past to see them through.
- by Niki Savva
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Analysis
Indigenous Voice
Voice paradox starting to take political toll on Albanese
Labor has lost support at a time of huge division over its pledge to find a new way to end Indigenous disadvantage.
- by David Crowe
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Indigenous Voice
Albanese pays price as Voice support slips again
Voters have cut their support for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese after a fierce political dispute over the Indigenous Voice, slashing his net performance rating from 16 to just 2 percentage points over the past month.
- by David Crowe
Editorial
Editorial
Liberal backbencher owns what others in his party don’t: a spine
Keith Wolahan has delivered a speech rare in both its honesty and its intellectual framing.
- The Herald's View
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State Parliament
‘An enhancement of liberal democracy’: NSW Liberal leader backs Voice
Mark Speakman reveals his vote for the Voice to parliament, but he has urged the prime minister to split the referendum question.
- by Max Maddison
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Home Truths
The refugees left, but the millions kept coming for Nauru contractor
Documents reveal how Australian company Canstruct made big profits servicing refugees on Nauru, and they only got bigger as time went on.
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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Indigenous Voice
Bragg’s Voice could be silenced as Dutton considers tricky reshuffle
The months-long delay in picking a successor has puzzled and irritated some Coalition MPs who believe Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones is an underperformer.
- by Paul Sakkal and James Massola
Palestine leaps upon ‘occupied’ shift, urges full recognition of statehood
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has accused the government of hanging Israel out to dry to avoid an embarrassing factional fight at Labor’s national conference.
- by Matthew Knott
Ministers must also answer questions over Pezzullo affair
Where was the required ministerial oversight into the alleged problems inside the Department of Home Affairs?
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Indigenous Voice
Dutton bypassed Indigenous community safety for grants in Coalition seats
Labor has seized on new documents to turn the blowtorch on Dutton and his commitment to safety in remote communities over a Voice to parliament.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Indigenous Voice
Saying No has been the easy part. Now the real heat begins for Dutton
Peter Dutton has had Anthony Albanese on the ropes all week, but the pressure for a cogent explanation for denying the Voice to parliament is mounting.
- by Sean Kelly