MARK DREYFUS MP

Voting Yes is a simple but powerful act we can all do to close the gap, make a practical difference, and make this country better for all of us.

Voting Yes is a simple but powerful act we can all do to close the gap, make a practical difference, and make this country better for all of us.

After years of failed programs and policies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are not seeking a purely symbolic form of constitutional recognition. Symbolic language will not do anything to turn things around. What is needed is a practical form of constitutional recognition.

What is needed is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

Voting Yes is a simple but powerful act we can all do to help close the gap in health, in housing, in education, in every area where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders don’t enjoy the same quality of life as every other Australian.

The Voice can do no harm – only good for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and for the country more broadly.

The No campaign is offering no solutions to the problems affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which successive governments have tried but failed to address with the best of intentions.

The only thing the No campaign is offering is more of the same. They want nothing to change, when we know more of the same is not good enough.

The Voice can do no harm – only good for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and for the country more broadly.

We cannot risk more of the same. But more of the same is all the No campaign has to offer.

The Voice can do no harm – only good for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and for the country more broadly.

The Australian Government is making clear there is no place in Australia for symbols that glorify the horrors of the Holocaust.

And there is no place for those who seek to profit from the trade in these evil symbols, or use them to promote their hatred.

The Albanese Government is now acting to make sure the family law system is focused on what is best for children.

At a time when we need a leader who can bring Australians together, Mr Morrison seems determined to promote division and disunity if he sees partisan political advantage in doing so, whether it be on China, Israel or protecting people of faith from discrimination.

The Government’s refusal to honour its election promise is allowing corruption to go unchecked, enabling ministers to avoid being held to account and undermining public and international confidence in the Australian Government.  

Labor will end the inaction by establishing a powerful, transparent and independent national anti-corruption commission