Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything

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Community-controlled Aboriginal Medical Services employ local Indigenous people. They run clinics and visit remote areas, providing essential services like child immunisation. Our helpline is supported by highly trained volunteers, all whom have personal experience of cancer or another chronic condition, or have supported a close relative or friend. Our volunteers often provide a lifeline to those whose voices have not been heard, or who are otherwise isolated. The majority of polls have pointed towards a defeat, although the most recent Guardian Essential poll published on Tuesday showed a slight increase in support for Yes, up two points to 43 per cent, while 49 per cent still intend to vote No. Putting the Voice in the Constitution gives it stability and independence, now and into the future.

There is an element of that constituency that are not at all attuned to the referendum,” he said. “There is a strong possibility that the [18-34] cohort may come out and vote in large numbers and offset the losses we are seeing amongst older demographics.” Finn Azaz has taken his time to get up to fitness since rejoining from Aston Villa on loan but he’s really stepped up now to be such a threat. Members of the Voice will be chosen by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in their local area and serve for a fixed period.The government has not shared a draft of the voice model, and says concrete details about how many people sit on it, how they are selected and how the voice would interact with parliament would be decided first through further consultation with Indigenous communities after the referendum, and then changed or amended over time by the parliament of the day. Navigating an integrative approach to cancer can include a steep learning curve. We want to empower ourselves with good quality information and evidence to support our decisions and journey. Just 2 per cent said the Voice was their top priority, and only 15 per cent put it in their top five.

Australians from all walks of life, all faiths and cultures, and all sides of politics have given their support to this proposal.How would you describe Schumacher’s style of play and which eleven players do you think he will select?

We can’t solve all the challenges Indigenous Australians face overnight. We need action now, as well as planning for the long term.

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Ecuadorians go to the polls on 20 August 2023 to elect both a new president and 137 legislators for the country’s National Assembly. They will also be given the choice to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ in a referendum, where a ‘Yes’ vote will shut down all oil extraction in the 9,823 km 2 (3,793 square miles) Yasuní National Park, as well as prevent further oil prospecting. Local voters in Quito will also be asked whether they wish to halt mining in the Chocó forests north-west of the capital in Pichincha province. We’ve been typically strong at home bar a couple of blips and remained largely competitive on the road which has already featured some stern tests. NIAA is a government department, like Defence or Health. As at 31 December 2021, just 23% of NIAA staff identify as Indigenous. Under the previous Coalition government, 39% of all grants were being paid out to 589 non-Indigenous corporations, charities and organisations.

Vega, Franklin (2023) “The Future of Yasuni’s Oil.” June. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. https://www.rosalux.org.ec/the-future-of-yasunis-oil/ In 2017, after many years of work and countless conversations in every part of the country, nearly 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and elders endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Mr Samaras said the fact that the Voice ranked second to last in voter priorities highlighted the challenge for Yes. The form of recognition Indigenous Australians are asking us to support is a Voice. A vehicle for practical change.Please register your interest via the link in the comments and we will keep you updated with provisional dates for meeting to be shared by mid December and a poll to select our first book. The Voice will give advice on key issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, from better infant health to improving services in remote areas.