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On 21 May 2022, the Australian Labor Party won government, with party leader Anthony Albanese becoming Prime Minister.During his victory speech, Albanese committed to holding a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his government's first term of office, acting on the 2017 request of Indigenous leaders for such a body made with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum was held on 14 October 2023. [1] Voters were asked if they approved an alteration to the Australian Constitution that would recognise Indigenous Australians in the document through prescribing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
English: A map showing the results of the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum in each federal electoral division. Original file: File:Australian electoral divisions, blank map (2022).svg (created by Kingofthedead; note that the file itself is a derivative of Eric0892's File:Australia General Election 2022 -- First-Preference Votes.svg).
Parliamentary friends of the Uluru Statement (launched on 13 February 2023), a non-partisan group co-chaired by Labor's Gordon Reid; Liberal Bridget Archer; and Independent Allegra Spender [1] Liberals for Yes, a group of people who support Liberal Party values but also support the Voice; [6] co-convened by Sean Gordon AM [2]
For referendum supporters, the bulk of the additional $8.5 million MCCSC hopes to raise in the first year would expand local education for an age group the state has neglected too long but for ...
Two polls surveying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's views on the Indigenous Voice commissioned in early 2023 by The Uluru Dialogue, a pro-Voice lobby group, were conducted online by Ipsos and YouGov. Both found broad support for the Voice: 80% in the Ipsos survey and 83% in the YouGov survey.
In Australia, referendums (also spelt referenda) [1] are public votes held on important issues where the electorate may approve or reject a certain proposal. In contemporary usage, polls conducted on non-constitutional issues are known as plebiscites, with the term referendum being reserved solely for votes on constitutional changes, which is legally required to make a change to the ...
This national electoral calendar for 2023 lists the national/federal elections held in 2023 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.