Will Australia today say Yes and agree to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice? Or will we reject the request made to us by representatives of First Nations communities in the Uluru Statement from the Heart?

Over recent weeks and months, our writers have given their voice to the collection of articles Pearls and Irritations has published in relation to the Referendum of 14 October 2023, in which Australians will be asked to give their vote to the following question:

A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration? Yes/No.

On which side of history will Australia choose to stand?

Read the full collection here:

Marguerita Stephens

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/bitter-truths-colonisation-was-not-so-good-for-some/

Frances Cowell

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-voice-through-the-disinformation-to-the-source-of-opposition/

David Absolum

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/i-am-voting-yes-but-many-no-voters-support-reconciliation/

Stephanie Dowrick

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/our-central-land-council-overwhelmingly-asks-you-to-vote-yes/

Laurel Clare Lloyd-Jones

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/was-the-uluru-statement-of-the-heart-a-prophetic-vision-for-australia/

Humphrey McQueen

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/voices-and-constitutions/

Samantha Helps

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/this-land-cries-out-in-final-warning/

Kingsley Liu

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/a-yes-vote-just-as-important-to-chinese-australians-as-for-our-indigenous-brothers-and-sisters/

Tony Smith

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/if-you-are-proud-of-the-constitution-vote-yes/

John Queripel

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-referendum-so-little-asked-so-graciously-but-seemingly-too-much/

Bob Carr

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-movie-that-erased-my-doubts-about-the-voice/

Peter Rodgers

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/killing-for-country-another-plank-in-truth-telling/

Lucy Hamilton

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-voice-reveals-the-urgent-need-for-truth-reforms/

Spencer Zifcak

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-constitution-sovereignty-and-the-voice/

Karla Grant

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/karla-grant-explores-norways-34-year-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/

Paul Keating

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/redfern-speech-the-problem-starts-with-us/

Noel Turnbull

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-great-australian-silence/

Bronwyn Kelly

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/remember-brexit-australians-will-regret-voting-no-on-the-indigenous-voice/

Henry Reynolds

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/assimilation-re-emerges/

Narelle Bedford

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/why-the-voice-will-lead-to-better-government-decision-making/

Vivienne Milligan

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/embedding-indigenous-advice-in-government-policy-key-to-real-change/

Abul Rizvi

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/how-i-decided-to-vote-in-the-upcoming-voice-referendum/

Eva Cox

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/avoid-the-damage-of-no-a-plea-to-all-women/

Ewan McArthur

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/self-determination-is-a-choice-the-voice-referendum-and-what-follows/

Dennis O’Brien

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/yes-vote-on-voice-is-vote-for-a-better-future/

Henry Reynolds

https://publish.pearlsandirritations.com/the-voice-walking-with-the-australian-people-for-a-better-future-part-1/

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