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Constitutional experts have criticised suggestions the Indigenous voice will have veto power in the Australian parliament, calling such prophecies “doomsdaying” and “distorting” of the truth.

One of the most prominent Indigenous figures in recent Liberal politics says the Voice to Parliament will be hamstrung if it cannot directly advise ministers, saying his former colleagues should have "no reason to be afraid" of the proposal.

Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser will resign from the opposition cabinet after the Liberal Party resolved to oppose the Voice to parliament referendum in a move that bound frontbenchers.

Australia’s premiers and chief ministers have formally thrown their support behind the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

The Guardian unpacks and factcheck some of the key reasons the opposition leader has given for saying no to the Voice.

Former High Court justice Kenneth Hayne has backed the draft Voice to Parliament constitutional amendment, dismissing concerns that its wording could open a floodgate of protracted legal battles. Hayne, who is part of an expert legal panel that has been advising the Indigenous working group on...

The bid to change Australia’s constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians has united powerful allies across the political spectrum.

With the federal government and opposition striking a deal on how to run the coming referendum on a Voice to Parliament, we now know how it will work.

A crowd of thousands gathered on the steps of the South Australian parliament to witness the historic passage of the first state-based Voice to parliament.